Associate
Murphy, Michael P.
Office: Springfield
Phone: 618-307-2456
Email:
Licenses: IL/MO
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Practice Description:
Mr. Murphy has experience in the defense of a wide variety of cases, including cases involving premises liability, automobile accidents, construction injuries, contract disputes, insurance coverage, the Illinois Dram Shop Act, wrongful death, products liability, property damage, and employment discrimination. Mr. Murphy spent his first five years with HeplerBroom in its Edwardsville, Illinois office, practicing in Madison and St. Clair Counties as well as in counties throughout Southern Illinois. In 2009, he joined the firm’s Central Illinois office in Springfield where, in addition to the above practice areas, he is engaged in defending present and former employees of the Illinois Department of Transportation in federal court cases in which violations of the United States Supreme Court case of
Rutan vs. Republican Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62 (1990), are alleged. Mr. Murphy has also represented plaintiffs in cases involving breach of contract and subrogation, and currently represents the Illinois Department of Transportation in cases seeking recovery for property damage.
Bar Admissions:
Illinois
Missouri
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Date of Birth:
August 28, 1979
Law School:
Southern Illinois University School of Law, 2004
Law School Honors/Involvement:
Valedictorian of the class of 2004
Summa cum laude
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for Contracts I, Contracts II, Criminal Law, Lawyering Skills I, Legislative and Administrative Process, and Property I
SIU School of Law Award for Academic Excellence
Academic Scholarship Recipient
Dean’s list all semesters
Law Journal member
Undergraduate School:
Western Illinois University, B.A., Communication, 2001
Magna cum laude
Honors Scholar
Pre-law Honors Minor
Dean’s list five semesters
Thompson Scholar Undergraduate Award
Bar/Professional Association Involvement:
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
Defense Research Institute
Illinois State Bar Association
Sangamon County Bar Association
Madison County Bar Association
Adjusters Association of Central Illinois
Awards, Honors, Distinctions:
Mr. Murphy has prevailed on motions for summary judgment in both federal and state courts.
Mr. Murphy was a Judicial Clerkship Extern for the Honorable Michael M. Mihm of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois during law school.
Published Legal Writing:
“The Interplay of Spoliation of Evidence and Subsequent Remedial Measures,”
Trials
and Tribulations, Defense Research Institute Trial Tactics Committee Newsletter,
Winter, 2009.
“Doing Federal Time,”
The Whisper, Defense Research Institute Young Lawyers
Committee Newsletter, January, 2009.
“Settling Defendants Will Not Appear on Illinois Verdict Forms,”
In Transit, Defense
Research Institute Trucking Law Committee Newsletter, January, 2009 (co-author with
HeplerBroom partner Michael Reda).
“Spoliation of Evidence and Subsequent Remedial Measures,”
The Whisper, Defense
Research Institute Young Lawyers Committee Newsletter, December, 2007.
Legal Lectures:
Prepared written materials and PowerPoint slides discussing Illinois Wrongful Death Act
and case law interpreting that Act for presentation at Illinois Association of Defense Trial
Counsel Trial Tactics Seminar, September, 2007.
Prepared PowerPoint slides discussing and comparing Illinois Wrongful Death Act and
Missouri Wrongful Death Act and case law interpreting those Acts for presentation at
Hepler Broom University (in-house continuing legal education), March, 2007.
Prepared PowerPoint slides discussing Illinois Supreme Court Rules 213 and 216 and
case law interpreting those rules for presentation at Hepler Broom University (in-house
continuing legal education), November, 2005.
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