Background
Murray, John A. was born on April 14, 1930 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
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John A. Murray
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College of Saint Thomas (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1952). University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Laws, 1957).
Career
Worked at John Murray & Associates, Limited. (Saint Paul, Minnesota) specializing in General Corporate and Trial Practice including: Real Estate, Property Tax, Commercial Litigation, Valuation Analysis and Local Taxation Law, other areas of administrative and regulatory antitrust law, and of architectural/engineering and construction law, related to the valuation process and valuation analysis. Admitted to the bar, 1957, Minnesota and United States.
District Court, District of Minnesota.
1967, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Minnesota Law Review, 1955-1956.
Law Clerk to Justice William Murphy, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1956-1957.
President, Better Business Bureau of Saint Paul, 1966-1968.
Special Assistant Saint Paul City Attorney, Antitrust Litigation, 1968-1971. Board of Directors and President, Corporate Counsel Association of Minnesota, 1977-1983. Adjunct Professor of Antitrust and Regulatory Law, William Mitchell College of Law, 1978-1984.
Chairman and Director, Street Paul Tourism and Convention Commission, 1979-1986.
Special Assistant Attorney General, State of North Dakota, 1982-1983. Special Counsel, Joint Professional Committee, Minnesota Architectural and Engineering Societies, 1983-1984.
National Lecturer, Advanced Property Tax Seminars, Institute of Property Taxation (IPT), 1979-1995. Lecturer: Property Tax Seminars, Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry (MACI) and Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) 1983-1987.
National Lecturer, International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) Property Tax Seminars (New Orleans, Seattle, Chicago, 1987-1991).
Lecturer and Conference Planning Committee, American Bar Association/IPT Advanced Property Tax Seminars, New Orleans, 1994-1995. American Bar Association Tax Section Liaison Nationally to IAAO, 1993-1997. Author: "Minnesota Property Taxes: A Survey of Recent Developments," Journal of State Taxation, Winter, 1986.
Author, Minnesota Property Taxes.
1995-1997 American Bar Association Property Tax Handbook and 1995-1997 Founding Handbook Assistant Editor-in-Chief (American Bar Association Taxation Section). Company-Author, Minnesota Sales & Use Taxes, American Bar Association Sales & Use Tax Handbook, 1988-1997.
Member: Ramsey County, Minnesota State (State Chairman, Antitrust Section, 1978-1980. Director and Treasurer, International Law Section, 1980-1983.
Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1983.
State Chairman, Property Tax Committee, Taxation Section, 1984-1986), Federal (National Vice President for 8th Circuit Region, 1975-1977. President, Minnesota Chapter, 1975-1976) and American (Member, Sections of: Antitrust Law. Litigation; Public Contract Law.
International Law and Real Property and Taxation) Bar Associations.
John Murray & Associates, Limited. is a preeminent legal practice listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. The firm"s emphasis focuses primarily upon serving as experienced trial and negotiation counsel to businesses and corporations throughout the United States in analyzing and challenging Commercial and Industrial Property Tax assessments and in other potential litigation contexts where Complex Valuation issues are in dispute regarding Land, Improved Real Property and/or other Business Assets.
The firm provides these boutique commercial litigation services (working in consultation with potential specialized expert testimony and other interdisciplinary expert work product analysis) in state and federal courts, in local and state tax tribunals, in administrative contexts, as well as in other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Board of Editors, Minnesota Law Review, 1955-1956. Law Clerk to Justice William Murphy, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1956-1957.
President, Better Business Bureau of Saint Paul, 1966-1968.
Special Assistant Saint Paul City Attorney, Antitrust Litigation, 1968-1971. Board of Directors and President, Corporate Counsel Association of Minnesota, 1977-1983.
Adjunct Professor of Antitrust and Regulatory Law, William Mitchell College of Law, 1978-1984. Chairman and Director, Street Paul Tourism and Convention Commission, 1979-1986.
Special Assistant Attorney General, State of North Dakota, 1982-1983.
Special Counsel, Joint Professional Committee, Minnesota Architectural and Engineering Societies, 1983-1984. National Lecturer, Advanced Property Tax Seminars, Institute of Property Taxation (IPT), 1979-1995.
