George V. Genzmer Elected Secretary of Southern California PLUS Steering Committee

October 21, 2003

Los Angeles, CA – October 21, 2003 – Murchison & Cumming, LLP is pleased to announce that George V. Genzmer, III has been elected Secretary of the Southern California Professional Liability Underwriting Society Steering Committee.

Mr. Genzmer has been a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) for a number of years and has held a position on the Southern California Steering Committee for the past four years. Mr. Genzmer is a frequent lecturer at PLUS seminars, including a recent presentation on Business Torts and Professional Liability Claims at the PLUS Days seminar held in San Francisco this past September.

As Chair of Murchison & Cumming's Professional Liability and Directors & Officers Liability Practice Groups, Mr. Genzmer concentrates his practice in the areas of defense of professionals and officers and directors of corporations and financial institutions.

Founded in 1986, PLUS strives to enhance the professionalism of its members through educational seminars and programs. PLUS was formed on the premise that professional liability is an insurable risk; the parameters of exposure are sufficiently defined to enable underwriters to anticipate future trends in severity and frequency of claims. For more information about PLUS, please visit their website at www.plusweb.org

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.