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Government

Apr. 2, 2008

Officer Returns From Iraq to Life as a Plaintiffs' Attorney

Navy Reserve Officer Thomas Johnston has returned from a tour of duty in Iraq to a less dangerous life as a plaitiffs' lawyer at the Los Angeles firm Girardi & Keese.

By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1

      LOS ANGELES - Thomas Johnston was milling around the ground floor of a military base in central Iraq, catching up with his assistant back home, when the booming began.
      The 32-year-old plaintiffs' lawyer and Navy Reserve officer had just reported to his station a few hours earlier, and alrea...

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