Elijah Johnson, Jr., Esq. was raised in Linden, NJ. At Georgetown, Elijah was a regular at the on-campus 6 p.m. religious service and was very active with the Protestant ministries as the vice president and co-founder of the Protestant Student Association. Due to the financial constraints, he took a leave of absence spring of his sophomore year. He worked that semester and during the day in the summer while taking night courses at Rutgers University in New Brunswick in order to prepare for his return to DC and was able to graduate on schedule with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and in African-American studies in 2007.

Following Georgetown, Elijah worked for Chevy Chase Bank and attended Howard University School of Law (HUSL). While at HUSL, he was named best advocate in the intramural competition. The next year, his team advanced to the quarterfinals in the National Trial Competition and he served as captain his final year.
After graduation he clerked for the Honorable Gwendolyn Blue, JSC in Camden, NJ. Elijah then returned to Washington, DC, where he initially worked for DC Bar Counsel (now DC Disciplinary Counsel) helping to prosecute attorney ethical violations before joining the Social Security Administration.

In the middle of 2016, Elijah followed God’s voice and returned home to Linden, NJ. Just two weeks later, he discovered why he needed to be there, his father suffered a massive stroke. Despite the chaos that ensued, Elijah’s faith grew stronger, and he became even more confident in God’s direction and power. During his time in New Jersey, Elijah worked for several government entities and was the first Black director of legislative affairs for the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance and the first Black associate general counsel for the Newark Board of Education.

He is now an in-house attorney at Legal Services Corporation, the single largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans in the nation. Elijah resides in Maryland with his wife and their son.