Deborah L. Johnson was born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in Needham, MA.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester in Psychology in 1995 and her Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School in 2000.  Deborah is engaged in the general practice of law including but not limited to family law and criminal law. 

Deborah was admitted to the State Bar of Massachusetts in 2001 and to the State Bar of Iowa in 2004.