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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
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
July 25, 2022
Quyen Ta, Arwen Johnson and Zac Byer counsel Molina Healthcare in a class action dispute before a New Mexico federal court
June 8, 2022
Legal 500 United States 2022 Recognizes King & Spalding Practices and Lawyers Among the Top in the Nation
May 18, 2022
Daily Journal Names Three King & Spalding Partners Among Top 100 California Women Lawyers
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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July 25, 2022
Quyen Ta, Arwen Johnson and Zac Byer counsel Molina Healthcare in a class action dispute before a New Mexico federal court
June 8, 2022
Legal 500 United States 2022 Recognizes King & Spalding Practices and Lawyers Among the Top in the Nation
May 18, 2022
Daily Journal Names Three King & Spalding Partners Among Top 100 California Women Lawyers
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
July 25, 2022
Quyen Ta, Arwen Johnson and Zac Byer counsel Molina Healthcare in a class action dispute before a New Mexico federal court
June 8, 2022
Legal 500 United States 2022 Recognizes King & Spalding Practices and Lawyers Among the Top in the Nation
May 18, 2022
Daily Journal Names Three King & Spalding Partners Among Top 100 California Women Lawyers
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
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