Peter J. Johnson, Jr., has served as a legal analyst for the FOX News Channel since 1997.

Johnson, a trial and appellate lawyer, is the president of Leahey & Johnson, P.C., a Wall Street law firm that specializes in litigation and appeals.

A well-known authority on jurisprudence and government, Johnson serves as chairman of the New York Appellate Division, Committee on Character and Fitness in Manhattan. He is also a member of New York State's Judicial Screening Panel. Recently, he served as a senior research fellow at the Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

After the 2000 presidential election, Governor George Pataki appointed Johnson chairman of the New York State Task Force on Election Modernization. In government, he served as senior adviser to Mayor David N. Dinkins and senior vice president of the New York State Urban Development Corporation.

Johnson is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia University's School of Law.

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November 05, 2009

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by Peter Johnson

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'Never Forget'

The majesty of and power of the USS New York is striking in New York's Hudson River. -- From yesterday's pain there is pride. From sad sacrifice there is now certain strength and unshakeable resolve.

September 09, 2009

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by Peter Johnson

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Are You Listening, Mr. President?

With four simple words the president can win portability, elimination of pre-existing conditions as a bar to insurance and a guarantee of health insurance when we are at our sickest. The words are -- "I hear you, America."

August 31, 2009

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by Peter Johnson

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It's About Us, Not Teddy

To change the way all of us live and die for selfish short term political gain by invoking a departed liberal hero is to lose the confidence of Americans.

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