Edmund Farrell to Speak at ASCDC Annual Seminar for 17th Consecutive Year

March 4, 2011

LOS ANGELES – Edmund G. Farrell, III has been selected to speak at the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel’s (ASCDC) Annual Seminar. Mr. Farrell has co-presented the seminar’s “Year in Review” topic, discussing case law highlights from the previous year, at ASCDC’s seminar since 1994.

This year’s event will be held March 10 - 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, featuring a wide range of panelists and speakers discussing topics of interest to trial and appellate attorneys who defend civil lawsuits. The program will conclude with a celebration of ASCDC’s 50th anniversary.

A certified Appellate Specialist, Mr. Farrell is Chair of Murchison & Cumming’s Appellate Law practice group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Professional Liability practice 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. Mr. Farrell has served as a speaker for both local and international conferences.

About the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
The Association of Southern California Defense Counsel is the nation’s preeminent regional defense organization. It encompasses a diverse group of more than 2,200 men and women of all ages, races and religions, who practice from north of Santa Barbara to the Mexican border and from the desert of the inland empire to the shores of Santa Monica, providing professional fellowship, specialized continuing education, representation in legislative and appellate matters and liaison with insurance industry leaders. To learn more about the ASCDC, please visit www.ascdc.org.