Christopher R. Johnson graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1989 and the Wayne State University College of Law in 1993. He is a member of the Florida State Bar, the Alabama State Bar, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He and his family live in Pensacola, Florida.