James A. Murphy
88 Kearny Street
10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415.788.1900
Fax: 415.393.8087
Admissions
- All courts in the State of California
- Federal District Court for the State of California, Northern, Eastern and Central Districts
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
Pro Hac Vice
- United States District Court
- Southern District of New York
- Western District of Kentucky
- Rhode Island
- Hawaii
- Arizona
- Northern District of Illinois
- Nevada
- State of Washington
- State of Oregon
- State of Nevada
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Education
- BS, St. Mary's College of California U. Jerome Griffin medal as ranking member in Department of Economics
- JD, University of California, Davis, Order of the Coif
James A. Murphy
Founding Member
James A. Murphy is a founding member of Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney.
Mr. Murphy has tried in excess of 75 jury trials to verdict. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the National Board of Trial Advocates, and is a certified specialist in legal malpractice by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. He represents lawyers sued for malpractice nationwide. Mr. Murphy was a consultant to the professional malpractice chapters in Bancroft-Whitney's California Civil Practice, Torts. His practice includes the representation of judges in disciplinary proceedings before the California Commission on Judicial Performance. He is the Chair of the State Bar of California Board of Specialization Legal Malpractice Consulting Group.
Mr. Murphy also counsels Directors and Officers relative to their duties and responsibilities under California and federal law and represents corporate, directors and officers in litigation matters.
In addition to his professional liability and D & O practice, Mr. Murphy has litigated and tried cases involving software licenses, copyright and patent issues, and unfair competition.
Mr. Murphy is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell and was voted one of the Top 100 Lawyers of the Northern California Super Lawyers.
Selected Appellate Decisions
- Baumer v. Pachl, 8 F.3d 1341 (9th Cir. 1993)
- Mussier v. Provencher (2002) 28 Cal. 4th 274
- Republic Western Insurance Company v. Spierer, 68 F.3d 347 (9th Cir. 1995)
- Gianini v. Lee, (1995) 36 Cal.App.4th 60
Professional Associations
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- National Board of Trial Advocates
- American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
- American Arbitration Association
- Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California
- Consultant to Bancroft-Whitney, California Civil Practice, Professional Malpractice