David Johnson of Suttons Bay is currently the president-elect of Suttons Bay Rotary Club. He’s had a storied legal career practicing as a lawyer in three states, including Ohio, New Mexico, and Missouri, and up until the end of last year, he was actively maintaining a law practice.
Like many subjects of the People of the Peninsula series, David Johnson was born in Leelanau County, moved away, and then returned. However, Johnson admits he doesn’t remember anything from his start in northern Michigan, because while he was still “an infant” around the time of World War II when his family relocated to Cleveland, Ohio.
Johnson continued to revisit Leelanau County throughout his life to visit his brother-inlaw in Glen Arbor and his second home in Cedar, and he came back to live here full time about three years ago. When asked what brought him back to stay, Johnson cited the local music scene, the wineries, but above all, the area’s natural beauty.
