Officers and Board Members

Kristi L. Johnson is an associate at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP. Prior to joining Wilson Elser, she previously was an associate at Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP. She is a 2003 graduate of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and earned her law degree from The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, where she served as Comments Editor of the Journal of American Arbitration.

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Virginia, Ms. Johnson is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, where she serves ACBA Audit Committee and the ACBA Education Committee. In addition to serving as the President of the Board of Directors of Addison Behavioral Care, Inc. and as Secretary of Educating Teens About HIV/AIDS, Inc., Ms. Johnson is a mentor for University of Pittsburgh’s R.I.S.E. program and volunteers her time with several pro bono and volunteer organizations, including the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, Uptown Legal Clinic, and Neighborhood Legal Services Association’s Protection from Abuse programs.

Barbara Griffin is the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. She is a 1985 graduate of Georgetown University and earned her law degree in 1991 from the University of Texas, where she was an Executive Editor of the Texas Law Review.

In addition to having been in private practice, Ms. Griffin served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas and as law clerk to the Honorable Gene Strassburger, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association.

Regina Wilson is an associate with the law firm of Goehring, Rutter & Boehm, where her practice includes local taxation and collection of delinquent accounts, as well as family law.

Prior to graduating from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Ms. Wilson worked as a Certified Legal Intern at the Community Economic Development Clinic. In 2002, she attended L’Universite Rennes 2 – Haute Bretagne in Rennes, France, where she received a diploma in French Studies. This later led to a year-long Teaching Assistantship in Provins, France, where she taught as an English Assistant for middle school children. Ms. Wilson is a 2003 cum laude graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, where she continued studying French, along with International Studies.

Elizabeth Hughes is an Assistant County Solicitor with the Allegheny Law Department, where she specializes in mental health law. She also works as a Clinical Adjunct Professor for the Civil and Family Justice Clinic at Duquesne School of Law. Ms. Hughes earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Clarion University.

Ms. Hughes is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association and currently serves on the ACBA Judiciary Committee. She also serves on the Neighborhood Legal Services Association Board of Directors and is a member of the University of Pittsburgh Law Alumni Association Board of Governors.

Nicole H. King currently holds the position of Staff Attorney and Assistant Corporate Secretary with EQT Corporation. Prior to joining Equitable Gas Corporation, she was an associate at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP. Ms. King graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

Ms. King is a member of the American and Allegheny County Bar Associations, and has been admitted to the United States Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Ms. King is currently chair of the ACBA Diversity Collaborative Committee, chair of the ACBA First Time Attendees Bench Bar subcommittee and an Executive Board member of the Pittsburgh Rugy Football Club.