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:

• Business Litigation
• Complex Civil Litigation
• Insurance/Bad Faith
• Business Law

Awards and Certification:

• Super Lawyers - Named one of Southern California's Rising Stars, 2007 and 2010 (an honor awarded to the top 2.5% of lawyers in the Southern California area under 40 years of age).

As head of Carico Johnson Toomey’s litigation department, Stuart Johnson frequently appears before state and federal courts, as well as participates in arbitrations. Mr. Johnson represents a range of clients from Fortune 100 corporations to privately held small and mid-cap companies. Mr. Johnson counsels clients in a wide variety of business disputes and has particular expertise in the area of complex commercial disputes, real estate and insurance matters.

His commercial litigation experience has involved prosecuting and defending a wide spectrum of claims relating to commercial contracts, trade secrets, trademark and trade dress, fraud and other business torts, real estate, bankruptcy, employment, and First Amendment issues.

In the area of insurance, Mr. Johnson has represented and counseled clients on issues arising out of property, life, inland marine, and commercial policies, including bad faith claims. In addition, he has handled disputes with insurers’ third-party administrators and managing general agents.

Mr. Johnson obtained his J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and obtained his B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was an extern law clerk for Judge Harry Pregerson of the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and for Judge Richard C. Neal of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Upon graduating law school, he joined the law firm of Epport & Richman LLP (1997-1999), where he represented regional banks in commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters. He was then recruited to Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (1999-2009), an Am Law 100 firm and one of the oldest Wall Street based firms in the country. Mr. Johnson left Stroock to help launch Carico Johnson Toomey LLP, the first full-service law firm in the South Bay/Beach Cities region of Los Angeles County.