Edmund Farrell is a Senior Partner, a member of the firm's Executive Committee, Chair of the Appellate Law practice group and Co-Chair of the Professional Liability practice group of Murchison & Cumming, LLP. Mr. Farrell has devoted his entire career in civil defense litigation. He is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization. As chair of the Appellate Law group, he has been involved in the handling of over 200 appeals and writ petitions and has argued before the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and in all six districts of the Court of Appeal of the state of California. In his capacity as Co-Chair of the Professional Liability practice group, Mr. Farrell has represented attorneys, architects and engineers, insurance brokers and other professionals in the defense of various claims of malpractice, sexual harassment and breaches of fiduciary duties. He also regularly handles matters for the London market.  Mr. Farrell is "AV" rated by Martindale Hubbell.

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Speaker, "Effect of Federal Preemption in Product Cases," USLAW/Bowring Marsh (Bermuda) Ltd. Boot Camp, Bermuda, September 12, 2011
• Speaker, "Federal Preemption in Product Liability Cases," Lloyd's Underwriter Bootcamp, June 21, 2011, London, England
• Speaker, "Appellate Practice," the Year in Review, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, 1994 - 2011
• Speaker, "Effect of Products Liability Law on Engineers," United States, 11th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, 1998, Oxford, U.K.
• Speaker, "Overview of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Abuse Claims," Insurance Institute of British Columbia, 1997, Vancouver, Canada
• Speaker, "Potential Conflicts of Interest in the Triparte Relationship," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1995, New Orleans, LA
• Speaker, "Emerging Trends in Tort Reform in the California Supreme Court," Executive Enterprises, 1994, San Francisco,CA
• Speaker, "Overview of California Insurance Law," Executive Enterprises, 1994, New York,  NY

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
• Defense Research Institute, Member, Appellate Subcommittee
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• International Association of Defense Counsel
   

Representative Published Decisions

• Del Webb v. Partington, 652 F.3d 1145 (2011)
• Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Co. v. Reiswig, (1999)
• O'Dell v. Freightliner Corporation, (1992)
• Michael Mitchell v. Scott Wetzel Services, Inc., (1991)
• Danner v. Himmelfarb, (1988)