
JOSEPH JOHNSON
ATTORNEY





Joe Johnson joined Stowell Crayk, PLLC, in 201, after completing his first year of law school. He continued with the firm for the next two years as a law clerk before becoming an associate attorney in 2014. Specializing in Immigration Law and Criminal Defense, Joe graduated from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in May 2014 and was admitted to the Utah Bar in October 2014.
With over seven years of experience in immigration law, Johnson has worked with hundreds of clients in areas such as Affirmative and Defensive Asylum, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, K Visas, U Visas, Cancellation of Removal, Adjustment of Status, Naturalization, and Consular Processing. He regularly represents clients at USCIS interviews and in immigration court. Additionally, Joe has gained expertise in criminal defense, having worked with several indigent defendants in Taylorsville and Cottonwood Heights. He also specializes in “Crimmigration,” the intersection of criminal charges and their potential impact on immigration status.
Johnson is fluent in Spanish.
Born in Rochester, New York, Johnson grew up in the Salt Lake Valley. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University before volunteering at a school near Bangalore, India, where he worked as a teacher and activist for children of the “untouchable” caste. Outside of work, Johnson enjoys snowboarding and snowshoeing in the winter and hiking and biking during the summer. He loves spending time outdoors with his wife and young daughter. He is also an avid Utah Jazz fan and tries to never miss a game.
EDUCATION
S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, 2014
Brigham Young University, Psychology, 2008
PRACTICE AREAS
Immigration
Criminal Defense
BAR ADMISSIONS
Utah, 2014