Murchison & Cumming Partner, Jean M. Lawler, Elected President-Elect of FDCC.Business Editors/Legal Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2003 Murchison & Cumming is pleased to announce that Senior Partner, Jean M. Lawler has become President-Elect of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC FDCC Federal Desktop Core Configuration FDCC Facility Design Construction Center FDCC Canossian Daughters of Charity (Italy) (religious order) FDCC Fading Dispersive Communication Channel ). Ms. Lawler moved into this position at the conclusion of the FDCC's 2003 Annual Meeting, held last week in La Malbaie, Quebec La Malbaie is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, at the mouth of the Malbaie River. , and in July 2004 will become President of the Federation. In 1996, Ms. Lawler was the first woman elected to the organization's Board of Directors and will be the first woman to serve as President of the FDCC when she assumes that office next year. As President-Elect of the FDCC, Ms. Lawler will also sit as a member of the Board of Directors of the Defense Research Institute (DRI See Digital Research. ) and Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ LCJ Lord Chief Justice LCJ Littérature Canadienne pour la Jeunesse LCJ Lean Construction Journal ). Founded in 1936, the Federation is an international organization whose more than 1300 members include attorneys in private practice who specialize in defense of civil litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , general counsel, risk managers and insurance claims executives. As Chair of Murchison & Cumming's Insurance Law and Risk Management Practice Group, Ms. Lawler handles complex insurance and bad faith litigation, insurance coverage matters and provides underwriting and risk management advice. She is a past-Chair of the FDCC Excess/Surplus Lines substantive law The part of the law that creates, defines, and regulates rights, including, for example, the law of contracts, torts, wills, and real property; the essential substance of rights under law. section, a former Director of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and a frequent lecturer and author of articles pertaining to insurance issues, including an article on the World Trade Center attacks published in the September 2002 issue of Los Angeles Lawyer. In May 2004, Ms. Lawler will speak on employment related insurance issues at an International Seminar to be held in Barcelona, Spain, jointly sponsored by the FDCC, DRI, IADC IADC International Association of Drilling Contractors IADC International Association of Defense Counsel IADC Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee IADC Inter-American Defense College IADC International Association of Dredging Companies and ADTA ADTA American Dance Therapy Association. ADTA, n.pr See American Dance Therapy Association. . About Murchison & Cumming With a firm history dating back to 1930, Murchison & Cumming is one of California's oldest civil litigation defense firms. From our offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Las Vegas and Northern California, our 83 attorneys handle business, tort and other complex civil litigation on a local, regional and national basis for our domestic and international clients. We are committed to providing quality legal services, efficiently and economically, while attentively responding to the individual needs of each client. Our attorneys provide the personal attention one would expect to receive from a small firm with the resources of a large firm. |
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