Murchison & Cumming Welcomes New Associates in Los Angeles Office

December 1, 2011

LOS ANGELES – Murchison & Cumming, LLP is pleased to announce that James Sargent and Jonathan C. Teller have passed California’s July bar exam and become associates with the firm.

Mr. Sargent will join the firm’s general liability and product liability practice groups, focusing his practice on matters involving catastrophic injury and toxic tort. Mr. Sargent also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Loyola Law School where he coaches the Byrne Trial Advocacy Team. As a law student he was named Western Regional Champion and Semi-Finalist in two trial competitions sponsored by the American Trial Lawyers Association. He also participated in the Judge Stephen O’Neil Mentoring Program. Mr. Sargent is a graduate of Loyola Law School and the US Air Force Academy. Prior to attending law school, he served in the United States Air Force, receiving numerous achievement and service medals.

Mr. Teller will be focusing his practice on matters involving general liability defense, business litigation and product liability. Having recently relocated to Los Angeles from New York City, Mr. Teller is a graduate of York University in Toronto, Canada, and Touro College’s Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in New York City. While in law school, Mr. Teller interned at several New York City law firms, was a recipient of the CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Civil Practice Externship, and participated in the Touro Law Center’s Real Estate and Intellectual Property Law Societies and its Court Observation Program. He is fluent in Hebrew and has acted as a guide on heritage trips to Israel.

About Murchison & Cumming, LLP
With a firm history dating to 1930, Murchison & Cumming, LLP is a premier, AV-rated 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. The firm is a member of the USLAW Network. For additional information, please visit our website at www.murchisonlaw.com.