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Philip A. Toomey

Partner

Philip A. Toomey is a Partner at Leech Tishman and Chair of the firm’s national Employment & Labor Practice Group, where he also leads the Public Sector Employment Group. Phil is also a member of the Litigation Practice Group, where he co-leads the Restrictive Covenants / Non-Competes Group. He is based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Phil serves as the trusted outside general counsel for international, privately held, and small to mid-market companies in the aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, food production, office and retail services industries, among others.

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Phil has more than 37 years of successful business and courtroom experience in helping business owners and organizations sustain and build their enterprises. Clients rely on his rare combination of business experience and legal expertise to meet their needs. Phil regularly advises clients on issues involving commercial & civil litigation, employment law, insurance and risk management, ethics and business compliance, real estate, intellectual property, internal/external investigations, strategic transactions, corporate structure issues and other business law matters. Phil has been a Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Rated Attorney for the past 25 years.

Phil is in demand as a frequent panelist, moderator, and expert speaker at industry events and seminars, and has authored professional articles offering business and legal advice in numerous publications including Accounting Today, PEO Insider, Progressive Grocer, Nation’s Restaurant News, and The Deal Magazine.

Employment & Litigation
Phil is a well-respected litigator in employment and business law matters, and has a successful track record of litigating claims for both public and private employers involving:

  • Affirmative Action and OFCCP compliance
  • Arbitration
  • Collective bargaining agreements/grievance administration
  • Defense of class action wage and hour claims
  • Disability accommodation & ADA compliance
  • Disciplinary action and termination
  • Discrimination claims involving disability, race, age and ethnicity
  • Diversion of corporate opportunities
  • Drugs/alcohol in the workplace
  • Employment agreements, hiring and contracts
  • Employee benefits consulting
  • Employee handbooks/policies & procedures
  • Family/medical leaves of absence
  • Misuse of confidential information
  • Payment practices
  • Performance appraisals
  • Planning and defending reduction in force initiatives, corporate campaigns and union organization activity
  • Pre-employment testing and background checks
  • Public policy/whistleblower claims
  • Restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements
  • Severance agreements, waivers and releases
  • Sexual harassment
  • Strikes, picketing & boycott advice
  • Theft
  • Trade secret/unfair competition
  • Unemployment compensation claims
  • Unfair labor practice complaints
  • Unionized employee arbitrations
  • Use of temporary/leased/contract employees and independent contractors
  • Violation of civil rights
  • Workplace investigations
  • Workplace violence/safety
  • Workplace privacy
  • Wrongful termination/employment at-will
  • Wrongful inducement

Phil regularly advocates on behalf of public and private employers before federal and state agencies include the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Public Employee Retirement Board, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the California Employment Development Department.

Phil is also a Los Angeles Superior Court trained mediator. In addition, he has investigated and resolved numerous sensitive in-house matters, involving corporate ethics, senior level management and key employees. Phil has successfully closed several senior level separations, and advised management and boards on successor employer liability, Sarbanes-Oxley, and fiduciary obligations.

Corporate
On the corporate side, Phil has set up, dissolved, kept compliant, merged and acquired hundreds of privately held businesses. He has negotiated and documented exit strategies, including leveraged management buy-outs. Phil has also successfully negotiated with a host of Fortune 1000 companies.

Insurance & Risk Management
From the perspective of risk management, Phil has reviewed hundreds of insurance policies and negotiated coverage disputes.

Phil regularly handles Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) covered claims as pre-approved counsel. He has also managed outside or assigned attorneys, driving discussions of risk, strategy, planning, cost and impact.

Academics
J.D., cum laude, Loyola Law School
Los Angeles Superior Court Mediator Training, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University
B.A. in Sociology, cum laude, Loyola Marymount University

Admissions
California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia

Experience
Carico Johnson Toomey LLP
City of Redondo Beach (Designated Outside Employment Attorney)
Artiano, Guzman & Toomey LLP

Professional Memberships
Alpha Sigma Nu Merit Society
American Bar Association (Member, Section on Labor and Employment)
American Inns of Court (Master)
California Lawyers Association (Executive Committee Member, Public Law Section)
National Public Employer Labor Relations Association (Faculty Member)
Professionals in Human Resources Association
Society for Human Resource Management
State Bar of California (Member, Employment Law Section)
St. Thomas Moore Merit Society

Professional Accolades

Nation’s Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Counsel

Martindale-Hubbell

Martindale-Hubbell Rating, AV® Preeminent

Best Lawyers

Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers Magazine

Super Lawyers

Super Lawyer, Labor and Employment Law, Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine, (2005-2023)

Publications
Accounting Today
Nation’s Restaurant News
PEO Insider
Progressive Grocer
The Deal Magazine

Community Involvement
City of Redondo Beach (Designated Outside Employment Attorney; Former Commissioner; Former Chair of Planning, Harbor, Budget and Finance, Tax and Budget Commissions; Former Member, Charter Review Committee)
Center for Women in the Law (Former Faculty Member) 
Child Hope International
Invisible Children
Liberty in Korea
Livestrong Foundation
One Voice Against Cancer
White House Conference on Small Business (California Delegate)

Certifications & Designations
Certificate, Advanced Studies- State and Local Taxation, University of California, Davis
Certificate, Advanced Studies- Corporate Taxation, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Certificate, Advanced Studies- Criminal Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Speeches & Presentations
Los Angeles Trade Tech College
National Public Employer Labor Relations Association
Public Employer Labor Relations Association of California

Insights

Mar. 23, 2023  |  Press

Leech Tishman Partner Philip A. Toomey Featured in Livestrong Article (1/5)

Mar. 23, 2023  |  Firm News

Leech Tishman National Employment & Labor Chair Philip A. Toomey Appointed to the Board of Representatives for the California Lawyers Association

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Mar. 9, 2023  |  Firm News

Leech Tishman Partner Philip A. Toomey Participates in “One Voice Against Cancer Grassroots Hill Day 2023” in Washington, D.C.

Jan. 10, 2023  |  Firm News

Leech Tishman Lawyers Recognized as 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers

Dec. 21, 2022  |  Firm News

Leech Tishman Partner Philip A. Toomey Honored as 25-Year Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Rated Attorney

Oct. 4, 2022  |  Press

Leech Tishman Attorneys Receive Favorable 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling on Behalf of Prominent Los Angeles Nightclub Operator, Allowing Operator to Retain Space in Downtown Los Angeles Pacific Stock Exchange Building

Jul. 14, 2022  |  Client Alerts

California Redefines Definition of COVID-19 Workplace “Close Contact”

Jul. 13, 2022  |  Client Alerts

Mandatory Screening COVID-19 Test Must Now Be Supported by Business Necessity and Individualized Assessment

Sokol Toomey

Jan. 20, 2022  |  Firm News

Leech Tishman Lawyers Recognized as 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers

OSHA COVID

Jan. 17, 2022  |  Client Alerts

COVID-19 in the Workplace- OSHA Hasn’t Gone Away

Jan. 14, 2022  |  Press

Leech Tishman Attorney Philip A. Toomey Quoted in Pittsburgh Business Times

Jan. 13, 2022  |  Client Alerts

United States Supreme Court Stays OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

Philip Toomey Headshot

Jan. 12, 2022  |  Client Alerts

Status of OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard, Application to Truck Drivers, and State-Specific Action

OSHA ETS

Jan. 10, 2022  |  Client Alerts

Status of the OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

Philip Toomey Headshot

Jan. 4, 2022  |  Client Alerts

Minnesota OSHA Adopts Exempt Rule Requiring Vaccination or Weekly Testing

Dec. 23, 2021  |  Press

Leech Tishman Attorneys Leah K. Sell and Philip A. Toomey Published in Pittsburgh Business Times

OSHA ETS

Dec. 23, 2021  |  Client Alerts

U.S. Supreme Court Schedules Argument on OSHA COVID Vaccination Emergency Temporary Standard

Philip Toomey Headshot

Dec. 18, 2021  |  Client Alerts

OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Stay of Enforcement Lifted

OSHA COVID Mandate

Dec. 6, 2021  |  Client Alerts

COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate- Update

Philip Toomey Headshot

Nov. 19, 2021  |  Client Alerts

House Bill Adds $2.7B in Employer Fines and Extends Personal Liability of Corporate Officers

osha emergency standard

Nov. 18, 2021  |  Client Alerts

Status of OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard

Philip Toomey Headshot

Nov. 16, 2021  |  Client Alerts

Challenge to OSHA Emergency Rule to Be Heard by Sixth Circuit

OSHA

Nov. 9, 2021  |  Client Alerts

OSHA Files Response to Stay of the Emergency Temporary Standard

Philip Toomey Headshot

Nov. 8, 2021  |  Client Alerts

OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard- New Litigation Filed

worksite medical - phil toomey featured

Nov. 8, 2021  |  Press

Leech Tishman Partner Philip A. Toomey Featured by Worksite Medical

toomey sell pittsburgh business times

Nov. 8, 2021  |  Press

Leech Tishman Partner Philip A. Toomey and Attorney Leah K. Sell Featured in Pittsburgh Business Times Article on Vaccine Mandate

OSHA ETS

Nov. 7, 2021  |  Client Alerts

OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard- Litigation Update

Philip Toomey Headshot

Nov. 6, 2021  |  Client Alerts

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans Issues Stay of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard

toomey sell pittsburgh business times

Oct. 26, 2021  |  Press

Leech Tishman Partner Philip A. Toomey and Attorney Leah K. Sell Featured in Pittsburgh Business Times Article

Philip Toomey Headshot

Sep. 20, 2021  |  Press

Leech Tishman Partner Philip A. Toomey Quoted in Bloomburg Law Article on Biden Vaccine Orders

Events

Apr. 23, 2023  |  Event

Leech Tishman National Employment & Labor Chair Philip A. Toomey to Participate in NPELRA Annual Training Conference 2023

Media Resources

Medical Marijuana in the Public Workplace

Leech Tishman Employment Partner Philip A. Toomey presented to attendees of the National PELRA (Public Employer…

California Municipal and Corporate Training Information on Discrimination

Both Federal and California laws prohibit discrimination in the workplace based on an employee’s “protected…

What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You: Employing Workers in California

In this June 7, 2018 CLE, Leech Tishman attorneys discussed the unique challenges facing companies…

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Email: ptoomey@leechtishman.com

Phone: 424.738.4400

Fax: 424.738.5080

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