Practice Areas

Murphy Legal’s founder, attorney Paul Murphy has extensive experience representing clients in complex white collar criminal cases and grand jury investigations as well as regulatory enforcement actions by federal agencies such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Murphy has a deep understanding of what drives government enforcement as a result of his 14 years as a federal prosecutor. This valuable insight combined with his broad experience as a defense attorney at some of the most prestigious litigation firms in the country allows him to think strategically at the outset of every matter about a client’s needs and the best path to achieving them.

Mr. Murphy’s prior experience includes representing officers and directors, business owners, hedge fund managers and other professionals in a variety of federal criminal matters, and he is keenly aware of the fact that his clients always are better off not being charged with a crime or subject to enforcement action in the first instance. When the government does proceed, Mr. Murphy’s training and decades of trial and courtroom experience allow him to be a fearless adversary at trial.

Murphy Legal offers representation to clients caught up in internal corporate investigations. In today’s complex enforcement climate, corporations regularly conduct internal investigations concerning potential violations of law, regulations and company policies, and they often report any conduct they uncover to law enforcement and regulatory authorities. Individual officers, directors and employees can easily find themselves swept up in these investigations, threatening their employment and livelihood. At his prior firms, attorney Paul Murphy represented officers and directors as well as other high-level personnel in internal investigations involving allegations of financial fraud, workplace misconduct, Title IX violations and other wrongdoing. He also conducted internal investigations on behalf of companies confronted with allegations of employee fraud.

Murphy Legal handles all manner of civil litigation. Paul Murphy’s prior experience involved representing clients in a variety of complex commercial litigation matters, including high-stakes civil RICO claims, international unfair competition litigation, fraudulent transfer claims, and intellectual property disputes. Mr. Murphy also has represented publicly traded companies in the healthcare space involved in qui tam cases under the False Claims Act as well as organizations and executives involved in employment-related disputes and cases alleging employee misconduct. Mr. Murphy’s experience also includes representing plaintiffs in civil cases alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and conversion. In all of his civil litigation matters, Mr. Murphy emphasizes strategic thinking at the outset of a representation, always focusing on the most efficient way to achieve the client’s goals.