Kenneth C. Murphy

Mr. Murphy’s primary areas of practice are white collar criminal defense and civil litigation. His criminal practice focuses on Medicare/Medicaid fraud, securities fraud, bribery and bank fraud. In the civil area, he handles a wide array of commercial litigation matters, Section 1983 Civil Rights actions and malpractice disputes. Although his specialty is trial work, he regularly counsels clients on effectively responding to governmental investigations and resolving potential prosecutions at the pre-indictment stage. Mr. Murphy is a regular commentator on Court TV.

Mr. Murphy was appointed an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office in 1996, where he remained until 2001. As an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Murphy was assigned to the Felony Trial Bureau where he prosecuted violent felonies from indictment through trial. He was later assigned to the Major Case Unit where he oversaw complex investigations that included the use of confidential informants, undercover officers and wiretap surveillance.

After leaving the District Attorney’s Office, Mr. Murphy practiced commercial litigation before joining the Firm.

Mr. Murphy was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 1996, to the Bar of the State of New Jersey in 1997, to the U.S. District Court of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 2001 and to the District Court of New Jersey in 2003. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York where he serves on the Pro Bono Elderlaw Project and on the Criminal Law Committee. He is also active in the Brooklyn Law School mentor-mentee program.

Mr. Murphy received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1992 where he was a 1991 NCAA Academic All-American and the 1992 recipient of the State University of New York Athletic Conference Jack Fulton Award. He received a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1995 and was a member of the 1993-1994 Dean’s List.