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Arwen Johnson is a commercial litigator who delivers results in high-stakes cases. She leads trials and regularly wins dispositive motions. Arwen’s clients rely on her expertise in employment classification issues, discrimination and retaliation, sexual harassment, trade secrets, employee mobility, partnership disputes, copyright infringement and idea theft, the TCPA, defamation, attorney malpractice, and high net worth trust and estates litigation. They also count on her extensive knowledge of emergency and provisional remedies, the anti-SLAPP statute, class action procedures, and post-trial motions and appeals.
Arwen's publications and presentations include:
J.D., UCLA School of Law
B.A., Rice University, summa cum laude
California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Law Clerk, Hon. Harry Pregerson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Law Clerk, Hon. Dean D. Pregerson, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
ABA Leadership, Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP), Regional Co-Chair for Los Angeles
California JNE Commission
California Women Lawyers
Delegate, LACBA California Conference of Bar Associations
Vice President, Advisory Board of the Western Center on Law and Poverty (2013–2016)
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
October 15, 2024
Los Angeles Business Journal Names Arwen Johnson to its Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment List
October 9, 2024
Daily Journal Names Arwen Johnson to Top Trade Secrets Lawyers in California List
Won motion to compel arbitration on behalf of tech client of putative class action alleging misclassification of couriers and raising novel legal theories relates to COVID-19
Won nearly all claims tried to the jury in fraud, interference, and trade secret dispute between tech startup and government contractor
Won bench trial on claims involving an employee’s entitlement to Labor Code penalties by securing a nonsuit after the plaintiff’s opening statement—including the client’s attorneys’ fees, a rare employer win
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October 15, 2024
Los Angeles Business Journal Names Arwen Johnson to its Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment List
October 9, 2024
Daily Journal Names Arwen Johnson to Top Trade Secrets Lawyers in California List
Won motion to compel arbitration on behalf of tech client of putative class action alleging misclassification of couriers and raising novel legal theories relates to COVID-19
Won nearly all claims tried to the jury in fraud, interference, and trade secret dispute between tech startup and government contractor
Won bench trial on claims involving an employee’s entitlement to Labor Code penalties by securing a nonsuit after the plaintiff’s opening statement—including the client’s attorneys’ fees, a rare employer win
See more
October 15, 2024
Los Angeles Business Journal Names Arwen Johnson to its Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment List
October 9, 2024
Daily Journal Names Arwen Johnson to Top Trade Secrets Lawyers in California List
J.D., UCLA School of Law
B.A., Rice University, summa cum laude
California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Law Clerk, Hon. Harry Pregerson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Law Clerk, Hon. Dean D. Pregerson, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
ABA Leadership, Judicial Intern Opportunity Program (JIOP), Regional Co-Chair for Los Angeles
California JNE Commission
California Women Lawyers
Delegate, LACBA California Conference of Bar Associations
Vice President, Advisory Board of the Western Center on Law and Poverty (2013–2016)
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles