Murphy’s practice primarily consists of insurance defense and commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, including trials and appeals. He handles matters in the areas of motor vehicle liability, premises liability and construction defect litigation. Murphy’s representative experience includes insurance companies, individual insureds and commercial insureds, as well as both small and large companies. He has handled numerous jury trials, and even more bench trials to verdict as first chair, in addition to managing multi-jurisdictional litigation.
Murphy is a diplomat of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy Basic and Advanced Trial Schools, and he earned his law degree at Tulane University Law School where he clerked at a financial institution and a mid-sized local New Orleans firm.
Practices
Representative Experience
- Oversaw and managed multi-jurisdictional litigation arising from an explosion at a sugar refinery in Savanah, Georgia, resulting in approximately 14 deaths and 50 suits in state and federal courts throughout Georgia.
- Oversaw and managed multi-jurisdictional litigation involving more than 50 suits in state and federal courts throughout Montana, Maryland and Delaware, wherein Plaintiffs’ claimed that an insurance client that conducted risk engineering at an asbestos mine should have warned workers about the dangers of asbestos exposure.
Representative Matters
- Delatte v. Lemotte, 93-93-0754 (La. App. 1 Cir. 12/29/1993) 633 So.2d 686
- Watson v. Parsons, 96-1853 (La. App. 1 Cir. 9/23/1997) 700 So.2d 1024
- Ryan v. Zurich American Insurance Company, 2007-2312 (La. 7/1/2008) 988 So.2d 214
- LeBlanc v. Severan Trent Services, 05-3703 (EDLA 3/2/2007) 2007 WL 689547
Education
- Tulane University Law School, JD, 1989, cum laude
- Loyola University New Orleans, BBA, Economics, 1986
Admissions
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
- United States District Courts: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
Languages
- English