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Senior Attorneys Join MPBF’s Los Angeles Team

Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney Los Angeles welcomes Senior Counsel  J. Andrew Wright and Senior Counsel Steven J. Pearse to the firm.

Andrew’s practice focuses on representing CPA’s, fiduciaries, attorneys, directors and officers, and other professionals in litigation and regulatory matters. He also represents creditors in post-judgment enforcement and prosecutes commercial litigation matters. Andrew has achieved first-chair success in civil trial, arbitration, and the Court of Appeal.

Steven represents clients in matters of professional liability (with an emphasis in accountancy and legal malpractice), employment (litigation, including single-plaintiff, wage & hour, and PAGA claims, administrative investigations, including with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the California Civil Rights Department (“CRD”) and the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”), and counseling), business and commercial, and general liability.

Welcome Andrew & Steven!

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