Murchison & Cumming Welcomes New Associate Partner to the Irvine Office

January 10, 2017

Murchison & Cumming, LLP is pleased to announce that Nancy J. DePasquale has joined the firm as an Associate Partner in the Irvine office. Ms. DePasquale focuses her 25+ year practice on complex, high-exposure, catastrophic injury cases. She has broad experience in all areas of tort and personal injury cases— including premises, products, labor and employment, health care malpractice, auto/trucking, business torts, and contract disputes.

“We are very pleased that Nancy has agreed to bring her practice to our firm,” said Managing Partner, Dan L. Longo. “As a member of The American Board of Trial Advocates, Nancy's trial experience and problem solving ability will prove valuable to our clients.”

Ms. DePasquale was the 2010 and 2011 "Of Counsel" for the California Association of Independent Adjusters (CAIIA), and lectures and provides seminars on civil litigation and trial-related topics to insurance companies, businesses, attorneys, and student groups. Ms. DePasquale is a member of the State Bar of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States Supreme Court.

In her most recent victory, Ms. DePasquale took a case, related to the going and coming rule, just two weeks before trial and successfully obtained a defense verdict. The matter involved a multiple vehicle accident with liability issues, including an employer negligence allegation against her client, which was a law firm.

After graduating from California State University, Long Beach with an M.A. in Communication Disorders, Ms. DePasquale was an educator in Southern California schools for several years, and practiced as a Speech and Language Pathologist with a Certificate of Clinical Competence. This experience has proved invaluable to her legal career, specifically to school representation and employment law issues.

About Murchison & Cumming, LLP
With a firm history dating to 1930, Murchison & Cumming, LLP is a premier, AV-rated civil litigation firm with five offices in California and Las Vegas, whose attorneys specialize in the defense of domestic and international businesses, insurers and individuals, at trial and on appeal. The firm's attorneys also handle employment matters and business transactions. The firm is a member of the USLAW and Insuralex Networks.