NCBA Selects Attorney Diana Santos Johnson for Citizen Lawyer Award

Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC Attorney Diana Santos Johnson was named in the North Carolina Bar Association’s Citizen Lawyer Class of 2024. The Citizen Lawyer Award celebrates role models in the legal profession who invest in their communities by volunteering their time and talents to advance worthy causes. 

Diana was recognized for her volunteer efforts with Piedmont Advantage Credit Union (PACU), Smart Start of Forsyth County, Inc., and the Hispanic League, as well as her involvement in the North Carolina Bar Association’s Minorities in the Profession Committee and the Women in the Profession Committee. 

In addition to this award, Diana has previously received various professional honors, including the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Honorable Cornelius Blackshear Fellowship in 2012, NCCU Young and Rising Alumni in 2013, NC Lawyers Weekly Leader in the Law in 2017, American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 Under 40 Class in 2021, Hispanic National Bar Association’s 2023 “Top Lawyer under 40,” and recognition as Legal Elite by Business North Carolina Magazine.