Friedrich W. Seitz Named Southern California Super Lawyer

February 2, 2004

Los Angeles, CA – February 2, 2004 – Murchison & Cumming, LLP is proud to announce that Friedrich W. Seitz, the firm's Managing Partner, has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer for 2004. Produced by Los Angeles Magazine, the list of Super Lawyers© is based on surveys of more than 65,000 lawyers across Los Angeles and Orange County and honors the top 3% of licensed attorneys in Southern California.

Mr. Seitz serves as a Senior Partner and Chair of the firm?s Product Liability Practice Group. He emphasizes his practices on products liability, domestic and international law and mass tort litigation. Mr. Seitz has tried more than one hundred jury trials, most involving product liability matters. Mr. Seitz is a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Council, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute and the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. He is also a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel for which he currently serves as the Chair of the Products Liability Section. Mr. Seitz is a frequent speaker and author on product liability and international law issues. Mr. Seitz is a graduate of the University of Southern California (B.A.) and Southwestern University (J.D.).

The list of Southern California Super Lawyers is produced by Law and Politics Magazine in conjunction with Los Angeles Magazine. Founded in 1990, Law & Politics is a monthly magazine published 10 times a year with two combined issues. In 1997, Law & Politics opened an office in Seattle and began publishing Washington Law & Politics.

Law and Politics has been described as a local version of Mad magazine mixed with The Harvard Law Review and the New Yorker. It's a magazine for those who care about, or have a stake in, the public policy debate that is the basis of our editorial. The magazine's audience consists of those in positions of power in media, government, politics, law and business. It has won several awards for editorial excellence a National Clarion Award.

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.