Frantz Ward LLP is pleased to announce that partner Colleen C. Murnane was recently appointed Chair of Webinar Programs for the ALFA International Product Liability & Complex Tort Practice Group. ALFA International is the premier network of independent law firms. The organization has 150 members throughout the world allowing members to use their local expertise to deliver highly effective legal solutions. Clients benefit from a geographically comprehensive network of exceptional law firms and accomplished trial and business counsel. Colleen C. Murnane counsels clients on anticipating and avoiding liabilities and managing their business risks in the areas of commercial contract, product liability, business torts, class actions, and beer and alcohol regulations and operations. She has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting business contracts and non-competes, developing strategies to resolve disputes prior to litigation, and implementing and coordinating defense strategies to prevail at trial and minimize losses. She has represented craft breweries from permit application to opening and expansion, and advised owners on numerous regulatory and operational issues. She has obtained complete defense verdicts in state and federal court in product liability cases involving both catastrophic and questionable injuries.