Kathrynn D. Johnston

Kathrynn D. Johnston is an associate at Young Moore and focuses her practice on trusts and estates, business law, and related matters.

Starting as a legal assistant and advancing to lead paralegal at an area firm, Kathrynn gained more than eight years of experience in trusts and estates before and during law school. Her work included drafting estate planning and probate documents, managing client communications, supervising staff, and actualizing firm management initiatives.

Kathrynn graduated magna cum laude with a J.D. from Campbell University School of Law in 2025. While at Campbell, she served as Publication Editor for Campbell Law Review, earned book awards in subjects such as estate administration and contract planning, and served on the board of various student organizations such as Women in Law. Her student comment won first-place in the American Agricultural Law Association Student Writing Contest and was published in the Campbell Law Review (46 CAMPBELL L. REV. 137). She also completed internships with the Supreme Court of North Carolina under Chief Justice Paul Newby, the Bankruptcy Administrator’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the Office of General Counsel for Campbell University.

Kathrynn also holds a Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Louisiana Christian University. A Louisiana native who transplanted to North Carolina, Kathrynn has enjoyed calling the triangle home for over a decade.