American Vanguard Corp. announced that Mr. Scott D. Baskin has been elected as a new member to its Board of Directors. He will join the Board immediately and will become a member of both the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit Committee.

Mr. Baskin will fill the vacancy created when then-director Jerome Coben opted not to seek re-election at the company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Baskin has extensive experience as a litigator arising from his 35 year career with Irell & Manella, from which he retired at the end of 2013.