Two Murchison & Cumming Attorneys Elected for IADC Membership; Two Elected for ADTA

February 7, 2012

LOS ANGELES--Murchison & Cumming, LLP is pleased to announce that Dan L. Longo and Bryan M. Weiss have been elected to membership in the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), and that Kasey C. Townsend and Heather L. Mills have been elected to membership in the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA).

The IADC and ADTA are preeminent professional associations that serve the interests of defense trial attorneys, the defense bar and their clients, the IADC having been in existence since 1920 and the ADTA since 1941. Membership in each Association is limited and by nomination only. Several of the firm’s partners are long-time members of each organization and the firm is honored to have Mr. Longo, Mr. Weiss, Ms. Townsend and Ms. Mills admitted as members and pleased to continue its tradition of service to the defense bar.

Partner-In-Charge of the firm’s Orange County office and Co-Chair of the Health Law and Professional Liability practice groups, Mr. Longo primarily represents skilled nursing facilities, board and care facilities, psychiatric hospitals, and legal and medical professionals in a variety of litigation matters. Co-Chair of the firm’s Insurance Law practice group, Mr. Weiss represents insurers in declaratory relief, bad faith actions and insurance-related appeals, and provides coverage advice to insurers.

Ms. Townsend is Partner-In-Charge of the firm’s San Francisco office where she handles general litigation including construction defect and injury, employment law, premises liability, food liability, habitability, and represents HOA Board of Directors for the Sacramento and San Francisco Bay areas. Co-Chair of the Emerging Risks & Specialty Tort Litigation practice group, Ms. Mills is an experienced trial attorney defending cases involving complex legal issues and significant damages.

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.