Murchison & Cumming Opens Northern California Office

December 2, 2002

Los Angeles, CA – December 2, 2002 – Murchison & Cumming, one of California's oldest civil litigation defense firms, announced the opening of a new office in Northern California. Opening today, the new office is Murchison & Cumming's first in Northern California and its fifth regional office on the West Coast.

Michael B. Lawler, a Senior Partner of Murchison & Cumming, will spearhead the office opening and assume the role of Partner-in-Charge of the Northern California Office. "The opening of our Northern California office was initiated by client requests and recommendations," said Michael Lawler. "Our expansion into Northern California will allow us to better serve our existing clients and will establish the presence we need to form new business relationships with the Northern California business community"

Mr. Lawler and the resident attorneys in the Northern California office will provide clients with the full breadth of legal services for which the firm is known, including construction defect, business litigation, commercial litigation, corporate law, directors & officers liability, health law, insurance law and risk management, international law, professional liability, property insurance and fraud investigations, environmental law, transportation liability, product liability, medical malpractice, long-term care facilities and elder abuse, employment law, utility litigation and intellectual property.

About Murchison & Cumming, LLP

With a firm history dating to 1930, Murchison & Cumming, LLP is a premier 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. For additional information, please visit our website at www.murchisonlaw.com.