Bank of Hawai‘i Announces New Senior Vice President and Director of Legal Services Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson has been promoted to senior vice president and director of legal services from vice president and corporate counsel at Bank of Hawaiʻi. He also serves as the bank’s privacy officer.

Since joining the bank in 2018, Johnson has become a trusted legal advisor to teams across the organization, providing guidance on regulatory matters, consumer compliance, contracts and a broad range of legal and business issues.

Johnson brings nearly 30 years of legal experience in banking law, regulatory compliance, consumer lending and risk management. Before joining Bank of Hawaiʻi, he served as counsel in the Corporate Law Department of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company in Bloomington, Illinois. There, he mainly represented State Farm Bank, F.S.B., on deposits, consumer, mortgage and business lending, collections, community reinvestment and investments. Earlier, he was an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at Country Insurance and Financial Services in Bloomington. He began his legal career as an associate with Warner Norcross & Judd LLP in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Johnson earned his Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois. Johnson is admitted to practice law in Hawaiʻi and Illinois (inactive).