Michael Murphy
About 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.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers
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A Philadelphia jury found that Walmart had denied nearly 188,000 Pennsylvania workers paid rest breaks and pay for off-the-clock hours, and the judgment entered on that verdict grew to roughly $188 million.
A Las Animas County jury awarded Rhett Ridolfi $11.5 million after finding helmet maker Riddell negligent for failing to warn players about concussion danger, assigning 27 percent of the fault, roughly $3.1 million, to the company.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
