Attorney Profile

Thomas J. Johnston

Thomas Johnston

Girardi & Keese
1126 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Contact Contact Thomas J. Johnston
T: 213-977-0211
F: 213-481-1554

Visit: www.girardikeese.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (50%), Transportation/Maritime (30%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (20%)
Industry Groups: Auto, Bus, Jones Act, Train, Trucking

Profile

Mr. Johnston is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates who specializes in trying catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases in the transportation industry. Recent highlights include obtaining two verdicts and three settlements against trucking companies totaling over twenty-five million dollars. Currently, Mr. Johnston represents clients in the Chatsworth Metrolink Disaster and the Hoover Bus Crash Disaster. Mr. Johnston was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in support of EOD Mobile Unit 3 (Battalion) in Baghdad, Iraq (Dec. 2007)

Selected to:

Southern California Super Lawyers 2005
Southern California Super Lawyers 2004

About Thomas Johnston

Admitted: 2000, California

Honors and Awards: Bronze Star Medal, United States, 2007, New Star, Lawdragon Magazine, 2007
Bar/Professional Activity: Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2008
Pro bono/Community Service: Member, Board of Advisors, Verbum Dei High School.  Watts, California, 2007
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Lecturer at Loyola Law School, Mass Torts, 2008
Verdicts and Settlements: Webb v. ARB: $5,400,000Lau v. Northwestern: $1,000,000Sprague v. Calinex: $6,700,000, 2008
Representative Clients: Chatsworth Metrolink Disaster, 2009, Hoover Bus Crash Disaster, 2009
Educational Background: Loyola Law School, 2000, Loyola Marymount University (Political Science), 1997
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