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Two of counsel and one associate join Murchison & Cumming

By Richard Binder

Murchison & Cumming, LLP has announced that Carlos E. Needham and Steven C. Spronz have become Of Counsel to the firm and that Molly E. Healy has joined the firm as an associate.

Carlos Needham, formerly a partner at Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP, focuses his practice on insurance coverage/bad faith and complex civil litigation matters involving product liability, science-related issues, mass tort claims, consumer class actions and environmental matters. Mr. Needham has represented national and international  insurers and manufacturers in some of the highest-profile litigation in the last ten years, including insurance matters adjudicating trigger of coverage issues under CGL policies and representing prescription drug and medical device manufacturers in matters such as Vioxx and welding rod litigation.

Steven Spronz is a business and real estate transactions attorney who has represented a broad spectrum of domestic and foreign business entities, including public and private equity funds, in a variety of transactions including mergers and acquisitions; partnership, joint venture, financing and corporate business matters; and the acquisition, disposition, financing, development and leasing of real estate. Each year Mr. Spronz spends a month in Johannesburg, South Africa as a Law Professor, teaching a Commercial Law Practicum in a program jointly sponsored by the American Bar Association, the Black Lawyers Association of South Africa, and the International Senior Lawyers Project.

Molly Healy has joined the firm's Insurance Law practice group and also practices in the areas of product and general liability defense. A recent graduate of the University of Santa Clara Law School, Ms. Healy interned for the Northern California Innocence Project, volunteered with New Orleans Legal Aid, and was a mentor with Fresh Lifelines for Youth, which works to reduce juvenile crime by providing at-risk and disadvantaged youth with vital information regarding the decisions they make in their lives. 

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on July 12, 2010 (boomark / email).