Judge L. Eric Johnson

District Judge - Eighth Judicial District Court - Civil/Criminal Division - Department XX

Eric Johnson Department XX Eighth Judicial District Court Term of Office 2015 – present Hon. Eric Johnson is District Judge for the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department XX, in Las Vegas, Nevada, handling both criminal and civil matters.  Governor Brian Sandoval appointed him as a judge in May 2015.  Prior to his appointment, Judge Johnson joined the United States Department of Justice in 1983 through the Attorney General’s Employment Program for Honor Law Graduates and prosecuted cases involving domestic and international organized crime, RICO, violent crime, fraud, narcotics, money laundering and forfeiture.  Judge Johnson was a Special Attorney with the United States Department Justice, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, and an Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada, serving 10 years as Chief of the Office’s Organized Crime Strike Force and then two years as Chief of the of the Office’s Criminal Division.  He was twice honored with the Department of Justice’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and received commendations from the Tokyo (Japan) Public Prosecutor’s Office and Ministry of Public Safety, People’s Republic of China, for his work with multi-million dollar international money laundering and forfeiture prosecutions.  Judge Johnson has been a past presenter at the Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center and for its Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training and at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a member of the State Bar of Nevada and the Kansas Bar Association.  Judge Johnson earned his B.S. in Education degree from Emporia State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Kansas School of Law where he was a member of the law review and Order of the Coif.

Source: official court website - retrieved Aug 22, 2026