Murchison & Cumming Welcomes New Associate to Los Angeles Office

November 13, 2019

Murchison & Cumming is pleased to announce that Todd G. Lezon has joined the Los Angeles office as an Associate Attorney focusing his practice on transportation liability. Before law school, Todd served in the U.S. Army as a non-commissioned officer and deployed to Iraq twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During his first tour of duty he was part of a military police unit that entered Iraq during initial combat operations. During his second tour, Todd led a special operations forces team tasked with implementing the division commanders' counterinsurgency strategy in central Iraq. For his service, Todd was awarded the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.

Todd earned a BA in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego and a JD from California Western School of Law in 2011. After earning his JD, Todd earned an advanced LLM law degree in Taxation from the University of San Diego School of Law. During his last semester of law school he participated in a full-time, internship-for-credit program and worked as an intern for a sole practitioner in San Diego, and who taught him the fundamentals of consumer bankruptcy, estate planning, and personal injury.

Todd has participated in extensive pro bono work for disabled veterans