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Mr. Murphy is Chairman of LeClairRyan’s Financial Services Group. He has extensive experience representing public companies, and their officers and directors, in securities class actions and other complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. Murphy advises public companies with respect to corporate governance and securities issues. He has also served as lead counsel or coordinating counsel for corporate defendants in multi-jurisdictional litigation. Mr. Murphy also represents a number of national and regional securities brokerage firms in litigation and regulatory matters. He counsels broker/dealers with respect to compliance with securities laws and regulations. He regularly defends brokerage firms facing customer complaints in court and arbitration forums across the country. He also represents firms and individuals in connection with investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by the SEC, NYSE, NASD and state agencies regulating the securities industry. Legal Experience LeClairRyan, Richmond, Virginia, 1997 - present McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia, 1992 - 1997 Jones, Bell, Simpson & Abbott, Los Angeles, California, 1988 - 1992 Education Vanderbilt University, School of Law, J.D., 1988 University of Virginia, B.A. Economics, 1985 Extended Information Speaking Engagements: "Backdating Stock Options: Anatomy of a Corporate Scandal," Pebble Beach, April 2007 "Defending Securities Class Actions: Don't Give the Bully Your Lunch Money," Miami, October 2004. "Where Document Retention Meets Obstruction of Justice, Lessons from the Trial of Frank Quattrone," New York City, August 2004 "Scandal and the Corporate Death Spiral," San Diego, April 2003. | 