Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Portfolio Management Team -- NEW YORK, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NEW YORK, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: DMO) announced today its newly formulated portfolio management team from Western Asset Management Company ("WAM"). Effective as of June 14, 2013, Stephen A. Walsh is the portfolio manager for the Fund. Effective as of June 20, 2013, Mr. Walsh will be joined by Dennis J. McNamara and Greg E. Handler. Mr. McNamara has 30 years of industry experience and an extensive structured product background. Mr. Handler has 10 years of structured product industry experience. Messrs. Walsh, McNamara and Handler have each been employed as investment management professionals with WAM for at least the past five years. Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., and is sub-advised by WAM, an affiliate of the investment manager. Contact the Fund at 1-888-777-0102 for additional information, or consult the Fund's web site at www.lmcef.com. SOURCE Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. RELATED LINKS http://www.lmcef.com