Meet the Clerk

Before being elected as the Orange County Clerk of Courts, Roberta Walton Johnson served as General Counsel and Legislative Affairs Director for the Clerk’s Office. 

Since joining the Clerk of Courts in 2015, Roberta has held key leadership roles in strengthening public access to the justice system. She served as the inaugural Operations Manager and led the opening of the Lydia Gardner Self Help Center, helping to expand meaningful access to justice for self-represented litigants and families throughout Orange County. 

A proud graduate of Florida A&M University and the reestablished Florida A&M University College of Law, Roberta earned her Juris Doctor in 2005 as a member of the inaugural graduating class. Her legal career has been rooted in service from the very beginning. Following law school, she joined Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, where she represented and advocated for low-income and underserved residents in critical legal matters.

In addition to Roberta’s court operations and clerk administrative experience, she also fosters a professional background that includes public sector leadership with Orange County Government, private practice experience with Voight P.A., and years of nonprofit leadership directing community-based programs and initiatives throughout Florida’s Big Bend region. 

Roberta’s commitment to civic leadership extends far beyond her professional responsibilities. She serves on numerous boards, advisory councils, and statewide committees, including:

- Vice Chair of the Florida A&M University College of Law Dean’s Advisory Council 

- Orange County Government Board of Zoning and Adjustment 

- Florida Office of the State Courts Administrator Domestic Violence Advisory Committee 

- The Florida Bar Juvenile Rules Committee 

- The Florida Bar Government Advocacy Committee 

- The Florida Bar Education Law Committee

- Florida Court Clerks and Comptroller’s Association Best Practices Committee

- African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida Board of Director

- Epilepsy Association of Central Florida Board of Director

- Community Foundation of Southwest Orlando Board of Director

She also maintains active membership and leadership within several respected legal and professional organizations, including the:

- Orange County Bar Association 

- Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers 

- Black Women Lawyers Association of Central Florida 

- Paul C. Perkins Bar Association 

- Virgil Hawkins National Bar Association 

- Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida 

- Greater Orlando Asian American Bar Association

Roberta has also been a committed member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, for more than 25 years where she is a charter member and former chapter president of her current chapter. She also serves as the Florida Legal Representative on the South Atlantic Region Cabinet and previously served as the South Atlantic Region General Counsel and Chairman of the Conflict Resolution Committee.

While her professional accomplishments and community leadership are extensive, Roberta considers her greatest blessing to be her family. She is married to Neil Johnson and is the proud mother of two sons, Dakari and Dylan.

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Clerk Walton Johnson can be contacted directly at Clerk@myorangeclerk.com.