Background
Johnson, Nelson Clarence was born on September 4, 1948 in Hammonton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edmund Chester and Jennie Gertrude (Benson) Johnson.
Johnson, Nelson Clarence was born on September 4, 1948 in Hammonton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edmund Chester and Jennie Gertrude (Benson) Johnson.
Saint John"s University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). Villanova University (Juris Doctor, 1974). Recipient, Murry Meda
Member, District I Ethics Committee, since 1985, Chairman, 1988-1989.
Adjunct Instructor, Land Use Law and Environmental Law, Stockton State College, 1980-1981. Adjunct Instructor, Municipal Land Use Law, Rutgers University Extension Service, since 1980.
Member, Hammonton School Board, 1972-1976. Member, Atlantic County Board of Freeholders, 1975-1979.
Solicitor: Mullica Township Planning Board, 1976-1980.
Hamilton Township Planning Board, 1978- 1980. Atlantic County Planning Board, 1980-1982. Mullica Township, since 1986, Atlantic County Democratic Committee, 1985.
Member, Board of Directors, Atlantic Mental Health, since 1985.
Johnson worked at Atlantic City"s planning board during the 1980s. As of 2014 he is an Atlantic County Superior Court Judge. and tries mass tort cases. Nelson"s book Boardwalk Empire was the basis for the Home Box Office drama series Boardwalk Empire.
Its sequel is The Northside: African Americans and the Creation of Atlantic City.
In 2010, Nelson was asked by the New Jersey State Superior Court to cease promoting the book and the series in order to preserve the ethical neutrality of his position as a judge. His third book, published by Rutgers University Press, is Battleground New Jersey: Vanderbilt, Hague and Their Fight for Justice, and is about Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague and Arthur T. Vanderbilt, first Chief Justice of New Jersey’s modern Supreme Court.
Board of directors Atlantic Mental Health, Atlantic City, since 1986. Member Hammonton School Board, 1972-1976, Atlantic County Board Freeholders, 1975-1980. Member New Jersey State Bar Association, Atlantic County Bar Association, Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce (board directors since 1988).
Married Johanna Johnson, June 16, 1973. Children: Sarah, Ethan, Emily.