Stuart Johnson heads Cohen Johnson Bartlett LLP's commercial real estate and partnership practice and advises clients in a wide variety of transactions and disputes with a particular focus on real estate matters. Stuart largely works with family office clients to oversee all legal work for their commercial real estate portfolios, which totals over $1 billion in assets. Stuart has also represented a range of clients from large, public corporations to privately held small and mid-cap companies.… Show more Stuart Johnson heads Cohen Johnson Bartlett LLP's commercial real estate and partnership practice and advises clients in a wide variety of transactions and disputes with a particular focus on real estate matters. Stuart largely works with family office clients to oversee all legal work for their commercial real estate portfolios, which totals over $1 billion in assets. Stuart has also represented a range of clients from large, public corporations to privately held small and mid-cap companies. Stuart's real estate work includes the representation of owners and investors in connection with the acquisition, sale, development, and financing multi-family developments, retail centers, office buildings, and industrial space. Stuart has particular experience in joint venture and partnership agreements, including the setup and re-structuring of debt and equity investments. Stuart as well has acted as borrower's counsel on institutional commercial loan transactions. Stuart also has extensive experience litigating real estate related claims, including actions by lenders and borrowers as well as complex disputes between fractional owners such as tenants in common and members of limited liability companies and partnerships. His commercial litigation experience has also involved prosecuting and defending a wide spectrum of claims relating to fraud and other business torts in state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations. Show less

Stuart Johnson headed the commercial real estate and partnership practice group at Kesselman Brantly Stockinger LLP (KBS), which was based in Manhattan Beach, California. During his time at KBS, Stuart represented his clients in well over $100 million in commercial real estate purchase, sale, and leasing transactions. Stuart also successfully took several private arbitration cases and Superior Court bench trials to a final decision.

Based in El Segundo, California, Carico Johnson Toomey LLP (CJT) counsels privately held businesses in transactions and employment disputes, including business formation, purchases/sales, restructuring and employment law. CJT also represents real estate investors and commercial developers in all aspects of real estate transactions and litigation, as well as individuals in estate planning, probate and trust and estate litigation.