Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Trained in Auto Accident Reconstruction
• Certified (Former) Emergency Medical Technician
• Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy (recertification pending), 2000

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Trial Lawyers College: Staff Instructor (2001-present)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Member (1986-present)
• American Association for Justice (formerly known as Association of Trial Lawyers of America): Member (1986-present)
• American Bar Association: Member (1988-present)
• Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Member (1986-present)
• Massachusetts Bar Association: Member (1985-present)
• Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys: Member (1986-present)
• Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association: Member (1989-present); President (2000-2001)
• University of Connecticut School of Law: Adjunct Instructor of Trial Advocacy (2005-present); Adjunct Instructor of Professional Ethics & Responsibility (2000-2002)
• Connecticut Bar Association: Member (1985 - present); Professional Ethics Committee (1997-present); Professional Discipline Committee (1994-present); Task Force on Grievance Procedures (1998); Instructor, Trial Advocacy Institute (2002-present)
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association: Member (1984 - present); Board of Governors (2005-present); Presenter/Lecturer at various seminars
• The American Trial Lawyers Association - Selected as one of Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Connecticut, 2009

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Connecticut Medical Malpractice Claims, published in Connecticut Actions and Remedies, Butterworth Publishing (1993) - An overview and analysis of Connecticut Medical Malpractice Law., Author, 1993

Verdicts and Settlements:

• INJURY, ACCIDENT, MALPRACTICE CLAIMS Since 1983, Attorney Ron Murphy has helped thousands of people obtain justice in the form of money damages for injuries, harms, and losses suffered as a result of negligence and carelessness. Some sample verdicts or settlements include: $4,000,000 jury verdict for the Estate of a man killed by a drunk driver; $3,350,000 for the Estate of a woman who died after doctors caused a perforation during surgery and then failed to repair it before a massive infection occurred; $2,200,000 for the Estate of a young boy who died because doctors failed to diagnose his diabetes; $1,950,000 for the Estate of a man whose illness was not properly diagnosed by health care providers; $1,865,000 for a young girl in a car hit by a drunk driver; $1,100,000 for the Estate of woman whose illness was not properly diagnosed by emergency room personnel; $800,000 for a young woman injured in a car accident; $780,000 for a man injured during shoulder surgery; $735,000 for a man injured during a hernia repair operation; $700,000 for a woman injured in a car accident; $690,000 for a man injured in a factory by a defective extension cord; $690,000 for a woman injured in a car accident; $600,000 for an elderly woman injured in a car accident; $575,000 for an eighty-one year old man who suffered broken legs when hit by a drunk driver leaving a Connecticut casino; $500,000 for a company that lost money because of a law firm's malpractice; $400,000 for an elderly woman hurt in a car accident; $365,000 for a man whose heart attack was not treated properly by ambulance attendants; $300,000 for a woman whose sinus cancer was not diagnosed in a timely manner; $276,000 for a twenty-seven year old woman who suffered a broken hip in a car accident; $250,000 for a young man wrongfully convicted because of his criminal defense lawyer's malpractice; $225,000 for an eighty-one year old woman whose eye was injured during the administration of anesthesia before glaucoma surgery; $200,000 for a three year old girl injured during the administration of anesthesia during heart surgery; $150,000 for a young man who suffered a broken leg in a car accident; $125,000 for a woman whose civil rights were violated by a city police department; $100,000 for a six-year old girl bit in the face by a dog. This is a short list of sample recoveries obtained for injured clients.    CRIMINAL DEFENSE Since 1983, Attorney Ron Murphy has successfully defended thousands of cases in state and federal criminal court. Some of his criminal cases include: acquittal after 7 week trial in a federal money laundering prosecution; acquittal after 8 weeks of trial in a multi-defendant drug prosecution; acquittal of robbery and conspiracy in state court; acquittals in numerous DUI trials. And while acquittals were not obtained in the following cases, the results were excellent for the client: after murder trial began, negotiated effective sentence of 7 years for Manslaughter First Degree; after trial began, no jail time for executive accused of $7 million bank fraud; after trial began, 4 months in halfway house for a police officer accused of raping a prostitute at gunpoint; no jail time and one day probation for a man accused of shooting and killing his roommate; no jail time for young woman charged with tampering with evidence and illegal sale and possession of drugs after her a friend died in her apartment from heroin overdose. Also, Attorney Murphy was both trial and appellate counsel in State v. Miller, a leading case in Connecticut law expanding the rights of citizens under the Connecticut Constitution.