Dan L. Longo Named Managing Partner of Murchison & Cumming, LLP

January 7, 2014

LOS ANGELES, CA – January 1, 2014 – Murchison & Cumming, LLP is pleased to announce that Dan L. Longo has been named Managing Partner of the Firm, effective January 1, 2014. As Managing Partner, Mr. Longo will focus his efforts on continuing the firm's highly regarded technological advancements and maintaining the highest level of client service. In addition to his duties as Managing Partner, Mr. Longo will continue to co-chair the Firm’s Health Law and Professional Liability practice groups.

“Dan’s reputation for excellence, his proven leadership and strategic vision is sure to benefit our clients and to bring continued success to the Firm. I am pleased that he has agreed to step into this role,” said Jean Lawler, former managing partner. Ms. Lawler served as managing partner from 2008 through 2013, and will continue as a Senior Partner with the firm and as Co-Chair of the Firm’s International Law Practice Group.

Mr. Longo is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, the Professional Liability Defense Federation, the Orange County Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Longo is a frequent lecturer and panelist for such organizations as the Liability Insurance Research Bureau, California State Bar, PESI, the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and the USLAW Network.

During his 30 years with Murchison & Cumming, LLP, Mr. Longo has served 6 years on the Firm’s executive committee, from its founding through 2011, has been the partner-in-charge of the Orange County/Irvine office since the spring of 2008 and has served in many other management and leadership roles in the Firm.

Mr. Longo is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Loyola University School of Law where he served as President of the Loyola Student Bar Association.

Resident in Murchison's Irvine office, Mr. Longo can be reached at (714) 953-2244 or by email at dlongo@murchisonlaw.com.

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 and Insuralex. For additional information, please visit our website at www.murchisonlaw.com.