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Asmara Tekle Johnson
Assistant Professor

 

 

Education:

A.B., Harvard College, 1995

J.D., Cornell Law School, 2000

Asmara Tekle Johnson's photo

 

Phone:  (713) 313-7011 ext. 4024

E-mail:  atjohnson@tmslaw.tsu.edu

 

Biographical Information:

  • Assistant Professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, 2006-Present
  • Managing Attorney, Law Office of Asmara M. Tekle, PLLC, Houston, Texas, 2004-2006
  • Andrews Kurth LLP, Houston, Texas, 2001-2003
  • Law Clerk, The Honorable Carl E. Stewart, United States Circuit Judge, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2000-2001

Bibliography:

  • “In the Zone: Sex Offenders and the Ten Percent Solutions” (Forthcoming Vol. 94 Iowa Law Review (2008)).
  • “Privatizing Eminent Domain: The Delegation of a Very Public Power to Private, Non-Profit and Charitable Corporations,” 56 American University Law Review 455-514 (2007) (Lead Article).
  • “Correcting for Kelo: Social Capital Impact Assessments and the Re-Balancing of Power Between “Desperate” Cities, Corporate Interests, and the Average Joe,” 16 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 187 (2006).

Research Interests:

  • Eminent Domain
  • U.S. Constitutional Law

Courses:

  • Property
  • Civil Procedure
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