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The firm is thrilled to announce that founding partner Judge William H. “Billy” Murphy, Jr. and his son, managing partner Hassan Murphy, were recently named Thurgood Marshall honorees by the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. We have long supported the NAACP’s fight for equality, both in Baltimore and nationally, and are deeply honored to…
READ MOREOn Monday, July 15, 2013, Judge William H. “Billy” Murphy, Jr. spoke on NPR’s WYPR “Midday with Dan Rodricks” regarding the Zimmerman verdict and state “Stand Your Ground” laws. You can listen to this show on WYPR’s podcast. Seven Things We Can Do Now Millions of fair-minded people of all races, including most of the…
READ MOREOn Thursday, April 4, 2013, Judge Sylvester Cox of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City certified a class action on behalf of 585 former patients of Dr. Mark Midei, a cardiologist who had been employed by the St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland. The class action alleges that Dr. Midei implanted unnecessary stents in…
READ MORE“Why isn’t this the fingerprinting of the 21st century?” So posed United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. in recent oral arguments challenging the warrantless sampling of DNA from individuals arrested for serious crimes. InMaryland v. King, the defendant, Alonzo Jay King, was arrested for first- and second-degree assault in 2009. Pursuant to…
READ MOREOn Friday, March 1, 2013, the Black Law Students Association of the University of Maryland Carey School of Law held its annual awards dinner, announcing scholarships to students as well as honoring high-achieving members of the community (managing partner Hassan Murphy received the ‘Practitioner of the Year’ award). Victoria Daka, a second-year law student, was…
READ MOREHanford Nuclear Reservation, one of the largest and oldest nuclear facilities in the country, made headlines recently when they announced that radioactive waste-a “witch’s brew of toxins” including harmful amounts of plutonium and uranium-is leaking into the ground and will eventually seep into public drinking water. The Washington state dump site uses underground storage tanks…
READ MORELast week, Murphy, Falcon & Murphy hosted a cocktail event at their Baltimore offices honoring University of Maryland Carey School of Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill, who was recently appointed President and Director-Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Through a variety of advocacy work, including legislative and educational efforts, LDF has been advancing racial equality…
READ MOREMurphy, Falcon & Murphy has recently filed suit on behalf of a property owner against Constellation Energy, alleging $20 million in damages caused by the energy company’s nearby dump site for waste products created by burning coal. Attorney Gregory K. Kirby is spearheading the firm’s efforts. According to the suit, the groundwater, which a golf…
READ MORE“The Wire”, a television drama set and filmed in Baltimore that highlighted the lives of locals and their interactions within the community, gained much critical acclaim when it launched on HBO in 2002. In the fifth and final season, founding partner Billy Murphy made a guest appearance playing himself, representing the show’s fictional state senator,…
READ MOREIf you’ve been following medical news recently, you may have seen the allegations made against a Florida hospital chain this summer, questioning the need for many of the cardiac procedures performed by their doctors. These cases, unfortunately, are not unique. Performing costly and invasive procedures at the risk of a patient and the benefit of…
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