Creola Johnson, B.S., J.D.
President’s Club Professor of Law
Education
- BS, Louisiana State University
- JD, West Virginia University
Biography
Following graduation, Professor Creola Johnson spent four years practicing bankruptcy and corporate law at Klett, Lieber, Rooney and Schorling in Pittsburgh.
She has taught at the West Virginia University College of Law and has worked as a staff attorney with Pittsburgh’s Neighborhood Legal Services Association, supervising a bankruptcy project for law students.
Before joining the Moritz College of Law faculty, Professor Johnson was a faculty fellow at the University of Iowa College of Law.
She teaches Sales, Secured Transactions, Debtor and Creditor Rights, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection and Non-Conventional Lending, and Consumer Law.
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Creola Johnson, Holding the Debtor’s Fresh Start Hostage: Bankruptcy Courts Incorrectly Interpret Ransom v. FIA Card Services to Deny Debtors a Car Ownership Expense Deduction, 42 Emory Bankr. Dev. J. 159 (2026)
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Creola Johnson, Grand Theft Auto 2.0: Bankruptcy Courts Allow Auto Title Lenders to Ride Off in Consumer Debtors' Vehicles and Rip Off the Cash Payout Owed to Unsecured Creditors, 97 Am. Bankruptcy L.J. 542 (2023)
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Creola Johnson, The Modern Family Debacle: Bankruptcy Judges Decide that Some of the Debtors’ Loved Ones Do Not Count as Household Members, 111 Cal. L. Rev. 1027 (2023)
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Creola Johnson, Crushed by COVID-19 Medical Bills, Coronavirus Victims Need Debt Relief Under the Bankruptcy Code and Workers’ Compensation Laws, 125 Penn. St. L. Rev. 453 (2021)
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Creola Johnson, Relief for Student Loan Borrowers Victimized by “Relief” Companies Masquerading as Legitimate Help, 11 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 105 (2020)
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Creola Johnson, Prosecuting Creditors and Protecting Consumers: Cracking Down on Creditors That Extort via Debt Criminalization Practices, 80 Law & Contemp. Probs. 211 (2017)
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Pamela Fooey, Jim Hawkins, Creola Johnson & Nathalie Martin, Consumer Credit in America: Past, Present, and Future, 80 Law & Contemp. Probs. 1 (2017)
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Creola Johnson, Creditors’ Use of Consumer Debt Criminalization Practices and Their Financial Abuse of Women, 34 Colum. J. Gender & L. 5 (2016)
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Creola Johnson, Is a Law Degree Still Worth the Price?: It Depends on What the Law School Has to Offer ((2014)
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Creola Johnson, Fakers, Breachers, Slackers, and Deceivers: Opportunistic Actors During the Foreclosure Crisis Deserve Criminal Sanctions, 40 Cap. U. L. Rev. 853 (2012)
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Creola Johnson, Congress Protected the Troops: Can the New CFPB Protect Civilians from Payday Lending?, 69 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 649 (2012)
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Creola Johnson, America’s First Consumer Financial Watchdog Is on a Leash: Can the CFPB Use Its Authority to Declare Payday-Loan Practices Unfair, Abusive, and Deceptive?, 61 Cath. U. L. Rev. 381 (2012)
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Creola Johnson, Renters Evicted en Masse: Collateral Damage Arising from the Subprime Foreclosure Crisis, 62 Fla. L. Rev. 975 (2010)
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Creola Johnson, The Magic of Group Identity: How Predatory Lenders Use Minorities to Target Communities of Color, 17 Geo. J. Poverty L. & Pol'y 165 (2010)
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Creola Johnson, Fight Blight: Cities Sue Lenders to Hold Them Responsible for the Rise in Foreclosures and Abandoned Properties, 2008 Utah L. Rev. 1169 (2008)
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Creola Johnson, Stealing the American Dream: Can Foreclosure-Rescue Companies Circumvent New Laws Designed to Protect Homeowners from Equity Theft, 2007 Wis. L. Rev. 101 (2007)
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Creola Johnson, Credentialism and the Proliferation of Fake Degrees: The Employer Pretends to Need a Degree; The Employee Pretends to Have One, 23 Hofstra Lab. & Emp. L.J. 269 (2006)
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Creola Johnson, “Maxed Out” College Students: A Call to Limit Credit Card Solicitations on College Campuses, 8 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y 191 (2004)
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Creola Johnson, Payday Loans: Shrewd Business or Predatory Lending?, 87 Minn. L. Rev. 1 (2002)
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Creola Johnson, Asset Accumulation and Welfare Reform: First We Need a Car and a Bed, 2000 Wis. L. Rev. 1221 (2000)