Helping residents of northwest Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota since 1936.
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Michael P. Murphy

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Current Employment Position

  • Partner

Practice Areas:

  • General Practice
  • Personal Injury
  • Criminal Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Probate

Education

  • Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
    • J.D.
  • Iowa State University
    • B.S.
    • Honors: With Distinction
    • Major: Finance

Bar Admissions

  • Iowa, 2005
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 2010
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2013

Classes & Seminars

  • Plymouth County EDMS: How it Works, Iowa Bar Association, 2010

Published Works

  • Tort Reform: Would a Non-Economic Damages Cap be Constitutional and Is One Necessary in Iowa?, 53 Drake Law Review 813, 2005

Fraternities Or Sororities

  • Delta Theta Phi

Representative Cases

  • In re: Guardianship & Conservatorship of Sluyter, 812 N.W.2d 726, 2012, IA App.
  • State v. Stearns, 784 N.W.2d 201, 2010, IA App.
  • State v. Phipps, 776 N.W.2d 111, 2009, IA APP.
  • McMillan v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., 2008 W.L. 2843744, 2008, IA Dist. Crt

Professional Associations

  • Plymouth County Bar Association, President, 2007 to 2011
  • Iowa Bar Association, Member, Young Lawyers Division, At Large Representative, 2012 to Present
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Iowa Association for Justice, Member
  • Le Mars Chamber of Commerce, Director, 2008 to 2010
  • Sioux Rivers Ducks Unlimited, Chairman, 2008 to 2010
  • Rotary of Le Mars, Iowa Chapter, Director, 2011 to 2013