PHILIP A. TOOMEY
CHRISTOPHER D. CARICO
S.V. STUART JOHNSON
WILLIAM G. BENZ
DAVID D. CARICO
CARLA B. HOFFMAN
ANGELA KIL
BRUCE M. MACDONALD
STEVEN C.PAPKIN
DITTA A. REED
ANITA V. SHAH
ADRIANA KU
JESSICA OLSON
JANICE PARKER
HEATHER SICKLES
CELESTE TOOMEY

Areas of Practice:

• Trusts & Estates Litigation
• Trusts & Estates Administration

Ditta Reed manages the day-to-day aspects of Carico Johnson Toomey trust and estate contested matters and court-related administration. Ms. Reed focuses her time primarily on the preparation of contested probate and trust petitions and complex administration petitions, including trust/will contests, contested accountings, 850 petitions, Heggstad petitions, conservatorships, guardianships, spousal property petitions and Marvin claims. Additionally, she oversees the firms ex parte probate matters and discovery in probate litigation and handles most of the court appearances for contested and uncontested trust and probate matters.

Ms. Reed obtained her J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she was Lead Articles Editor of the National Association for Administrative Law Judges Journal (NAALJ), a member of The Moot Court Board, and recipient of The Dean’s Award. She has her B.S. in Political Science from the University of Southern California.

She is also an accomplished tennis player. Prior to attending college she won US Junior Nationals singles and doubles titles and a professional ITF tournament title. While at the University of Southern California (USC), Ms. Reed was the captain of the women’s tennis team, an NCAA All American, and the NCAA Senior Player of the Year. She remains actively involved in the USC community and is a member of the USC Alumni Club of South Bay.

Ms. Reed was affiliated previously with Carico Toomey & Associates LLP (2007-2008), Davis & Carico LLP (2006 - 2007), and Fuller & Fuller (2002-2006).