Jean Lawler Elected Secretary-Treasurer of FDCC

November 1, 2002

Oregon State Bar Association

Jean M. Lawler of Los Angeles has been elected to the position of secretary-treasurer of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) at the federation?s 2002 annual meeting, recently held in Sun Valley, Idaho. Lawler has served as a member of the federation?s board since July 1996 and is a former chair of its excess/surplus lines substantive law section. As the first woman to be elected to an executive officer position of the organization, Lawler will become federation president in 2004.Lawler is chair of the insurance law and risk management practice group of Murchison & Cumming in Los Angeles.