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Verdicts

Mar. 7, 2009

Lights, Camera, Verdict. Litigation With a Flair

For seasoned stage actress Nanette Reed, a third-year associate at Murchison & Cumming, her first gig as trial lawyer was just another day at the theater - and when the judge called the court to order, it was as if a director had just yelled, "Action!"

By Sara Randazzo
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - When third-year Murchison & Cumming associate Nanette Reed stepped into a courtroom last month to argue her first trial - a landlord-tenant dispute between production company Lakeshore Entertainment Group and landlord John H. Hugo - she was assuming a role she'd taken on hundreds of times.

For the seasoned stage actress, her first gig as trial lawyer was just another day at the theater....

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