Laurence J. De Respino Appointed AMERCO General Counsel

October 12, 2005 Download

RENO, Nev., Oct. 12 the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., the nation's leader in the do-it-yourself household moving and self-storage industry announced today that longtime member of the AMERCO Legal Department and Director of Litigation Laurence J. De Respino has been named general counsel of AMERCO.

De Respino has been with the Company’s Legal Department since March 2000. Prior to that, he was a partner in the law firm of Streich Lang.

“Larry has a terrific background in the law and a strong appreciation for U-Haul and the people who are the company,” stated Joe Shoen, chairman of the board of AMERCO.

Larry will be the Company’s fifth general counsel in 60 years. I expect he will perform at a high level for a very long time. This is a big job and Larry is up to the challenge. We have a very strong and capable Legal department,” added Shoen.

De Respino earned his undergraduate degree from Amherst College and then was graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1987.

In addition to his professional commitments, De Respino is active in the community, most notably with the Men’s Art Council, which supports the Phoenix Art Museum. He is also a car enthusiast, with a fondness for performance cars from the 60s and 70s.

AMERCO is the parent company of Republic Western Insurance Company, Oxford Life Insurance Company, Amerco Real Estate Company and U-Haul, the nation’s leading do-it-yourself moving company with a network of over 15,400 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian Provinces. Celebrating its 60th year of serving customers, the Company has the largest do-it-yourself household rental fleet in the world, with approximately 93,000 trucks, 78,750 trailers and 36,100 tow devices. U-Haul has also been a leader in the storage industry since 1974, with over 340,000 rooms and approximately 29 million square feet of storage space and nearly 1,000 facilities throughout North America.

For more information about AMERCO, www.amerco.com"