Three from Murchison & Cumming Recognized as Southern California Rising Stars

June 6, 2023

Murchison & Cumming, LLP is pleased to announce that Partners Kelsey Maxwell, Georgiana Nikias, and Joshua Praw have been selected to the 2023 Southern California Rising Stars list. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Southern California.

Kelsey L. Maxwell focuses her practice on the areas of general liability and product liability with an emphasis in vertical transportation matters. Kelsey is a graduate of The University of Arizona (B.A.) and Chapman University, Dale E. Fowler School of Law (J.D.).

Georgiana A. Nikias focuses her practice in the areas of business litigation, employment law, products liability, general liability, intellectual property, art law, and commercial real estate litigation. Ms. Nikias is a graduate of the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law (J.D. and B.A.) and Oxford University (M.St.).

Joshua W. Praw focuses his practice in the areas of entertainment law, products liability, toxic tort, and construction defect. Mr. Praw is a graduate of University of San Diego School of Law (J.D.) and University of Wisconsin – Madison (B.A.).

Georgiana, Joshua, and Kelsey co-chair the firm's Summer Associate and Post-Bar Law Clerk Programs where they train, mentor, and oversee the firm's summer associates and post-bar law clerks.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.