Background
Murphy, William P. was born on February 17, 1952 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Murphy, William P. was born on February 17, 1952 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
University of Scranton (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1973). University of Pennsylvania (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976).
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Pennsylvania. 1977, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
1986, United States.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and United States. Supreme Court; 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1989, District of Columbia (inactive).
1990, United States. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Alpha Sigma Nu. Comment Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1975-1976.
Associate Editor, 1974-1975. Judicial Law Clerk to: Honorary Edward R. Becker, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1976-1977.
Honorary A. Leon Higginbotham, Junior, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1977-1978. Honorary Samuel J. Roberts, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1978-1979.
Author: White Dogs(novel), Commonwealth Publishing, 1996.
"Third Circuit Review, Report of Third Circuit Cases 1994," Legal Commander Limited., 1995; Chapter Three, General Relevance, How to Offer & Object to Trial Evidence, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1992.
"Reinterpreting Person in Section 1983: The Hidden Influence of Brown v. Board of Education," 9 Black Law Journal 101, 1985.
"Sidetracking the FELA: The Railroad"s Property Damage Claims," 69 Minnesota
Law Review 349, 1985 (republished in Public Utilities Law Anthology Volume VIII 1984-1985, Book Public, Incorporated., 1986, and Workmen"s Company Lord Justice 18, 1986); "Comments on Judicial Nullification in Public Official and Public Figure Libel Suits," 86 West Virginia Law Review 269, 1983. "Supreme Court Review of Abstract State Court Decisions on Federal Law: A Justiciability Analysis," 25 Saint Louis University Law Journal 473, 1981.
"The Prior Restraint Doctrine in the Supreme Court: A Reevaluation," 51 Notre Dame Law 898, 1976.
Lecturer, Products Liability, Temple University School of Law, 1988-1989. Associate Professor of Law, 1983-1984 and Assistant Professor of Law, 1979-1981, Saint John"s University School of Law.
Member, Beasley, Casey, Colleran, Erbstein, Thistle, Kline & Murphy, 1988-1989. Listed in Who"s Who in the East, 1997-1998.
Former editor-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, William P. Murphy, sole practitioner, concentrates in handling appeals other firms have in complex civil cases and personal injury matters and representation of attorneys in the framework of professional civil liability.
Mr. Murphy is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Civil Trial Practice).
Author: White Dogs(novel), Commonwealth Publishing, 1996. "Third Circuit Review, Report of Third Circuit Cases 1994," Legal Comm. Ltd., 1995
Chapter Three, General Relevance, How to Offer & Object to Trial Evidence, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1992.
"Reinterpreting Person in Section 1983: The Hidden Influence of Brown v. Board of Education," 9 Black Law Journal 101, 1985. "Sidetracking the FELA: The Railroad's Property Damage Claims," 69 Minn.
Law Review 349, 1985 (republished in Public Utilities Law Anthology Volume VIII 1984-1985, Book Public, Inc., 1986, and Workmen's Comp. L.J. 18, 1986)
"Comments on Judicial Nullification in Public Official and Public Figure Libel Suits," 86 West Virginia Law Review 269, 1983. "Supreme Court Review of Abstract State Court Decisions on Federal Law: A Justiciability Analysis," 25 St. Louis University Law Journal 473, 1981.
"The Prior Restraint Doctrine in the Supreme Court: A Reevaluation," 51 Notre Dame Law 898, 1976. Lecturer, Products Liability, Temple University School of Law, 1988-1989. Associate Professor of Law, 1983-1984 and Assistant Professor of Law, 1979-1981, St. John's University School of Law.
Member, Beasley, Casey, Colleran, Erbstein, Thistle, Kline & Murphy, 1988-1989. Listed in Who"s Who in the East, 1997-1998.