About Jeff Murphy

Jeff Murphy is Of Counsel at The Yerrid Law Firm, a designation he has held since 2018 after collaborating with the firm on cases over the prior decade. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, has lived in Tampa since 1972, and attended the University of Pennsylvania before earning his J.D. with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, graduating in the top 10% of his class. He has 30 years of experience as a trial lawyer focusing on personal injury and wrongful death. Murphy has represented hundreds of clients in motor vehicle and trucking accidents and has handled large, complex matters, including cases against two major universities for the wrongful deaths of college football players: one resulted in a $10 million jury verdict and the other in the university's admission of liability.

He represented victims of the 2017 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay mass shooting in a global settlement of $800 million. He is also part of the team representing over 150 retired NFL players in the NFL Concussion Settlement. Murphy holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell (awarded to fewer than 10% of attorneys), is a member of the Florida Justice Association and the Hillsborough County Bar Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Yerrid Law Firm

These results are credited to The Yerrid Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$11.3 billionSettlementLargest in FloridaLargest of 1997

C. Steven Yerrid, the youngest of Florida's 11-lawyer 'Dream Team,' added racketeering and conspiracy charges that tripled the damages ceiling, helping the state secure what was then the largest civil settlement in American history against the tobacco industry.

Florida (State v. American Tobacco Co.) · 1997Product LiabilityRead the full story →

A Hernando County jury returned a $330 million verdict for Angela Stone after a drunk driver ran a stop sign and fatally struck a minivan carrying her 13-year-old daughter.

Hernando County Circuit Court, Brooksville, FL · 2009Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Hillsborough County jury awarded $216.8 million to Allan Navarro after an emergency room misdiagnosed his stroke as sinusitis, leaving him permanently paralyzed. It was the largest medical malpractice verdict in Florida history at the time.

Hillsborough County Circuit Court, Tampa, FL · 2006Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$76.8 millionVerdict

A Hillsborough County jury awarded $76.8 million in compensatory damages to the family of Dana Maria Rivera, a 36-year-old mother of four killed on February 28, 2025, when Nicholas Betancourt, released from a DUI arrest that same morning, crossed the center line on Gunn Highway in Odessa while impaired by cocaine and methamphetamine.

Hillsborough County Circuit Court, Tampa, FL · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$30 millionVerdict

A Hillsborough County jury awarded $30 million to the parents of Hannah Waite, 23, who died of septic shock after doctors at Kindred Hospital left a known small-intestine ulcer untreated for two months.

Hillsborough County Circuit Court, Tampa, FL · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Florida Levin College of Law
J.D. (with honors, top 10%)
University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.