OCU LAW - Faculty - Barry L. Johnson

Barry L. Johnson
Professor of Law

Phone: (405) 208-5223

Office Hours:

Walk-in or by appointment

Courses:
Torts • Mass Tort Litigation • Criminal Law • Criminal Procedure • Federal Criminal Law • Criminal Sentencing Law and Policy

Education:
B.A., Northwestern University; J.D., University of Michigan; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif

Background:
Professor Johnson served as law clerk to Judge Betty Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, practiced law with the Washington, D.C., firm of Arnold & Porter, and was a staff attorney for the United States Sentencing Commission. He has served on a committee drafting revisions of Oklahoma's criminal jury instructions.

Publications:

The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 and the Prospects for Federal Sentencing Reform, 14 FED. SENTENCING REP. 98-103 (2001).
Purging the Cruel and Unusual: The Autonomous Excessive Fines Clause and Desert-Based Constitutional Limits on Forfeiture After United States v. Bajakajian, 2000 U. ILL. L. REV. 461-515.
The Role of the United States Sentencing Commission in the Reform of Sentencing Procedures, 12 FED. SENTENCING RPTR. 229-32 (2000).
Discretion and the Rule of Law in Federal Guidelines Sentencing: Developing Departure Jurisprudence in the Wake of Koon v. United States, 58 OHIO ST. L.J. 1697-1751 (1998).
Departures Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: An Empirical and Jurisprudential Analysis, 81 MINN. L. REV. 101-67 (1996) (with Michael S. Gelacak & Ilene H. Nagel).
If At First You Don’t Succeed: Abolishing the Use of Acquitted Conduct in Guidelines Sentencing, 75 N.C. L. REV. 153-203 (1996).
The Role of Gender in a Structured Sentencing System: Equal Treatment, Policy Choices, and the Sentencing of Female Offenders Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines, 85 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 181-221 (1994) (with Ilene H. Nagel).

Address:
OCU School of Law
2501 N. Blackwelder
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106