Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy is a Senior Attorney in the Class Action Group at Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers (Franklin D. Azar & Associates) in Colorado, with over 30 years of experience in complex business and commercial litigation. He is based in Golden, Colorado.

Murphy's practice areas include class actions, breach of contract, business torts, securities fraud, patent infringement, telecommunications law, antitrust, and consumer fraud. He once won a patent case on summary judgment and on appeal in the D.C. Court of Appeals on his first patent matter. His pro bono work includes Section 1983 and Bivens actions and a class action involving due process claims against correctional facilities.

Murphy earned his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law in Urbana-Champaign in 1984 and his B.A. magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 1981. He is admitted to practice in Colorado and Illinois, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He carries an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.