Mr. Murphy is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.
Practice areas
- General civil and criminal trial practice
- Personal injury
- Constitutional law
- Civil rights law
- Employment law
- Discrimination
- Sexual harassment
- Elder law
- Business law
- Estate planning
- Wills
- Trusts
- Probate
- Contracts
- Corporate compliance
- Fraud
- Corporate law
Admitted
- Rhode Island, 1969
- U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1970
- District of Columbia, 1971
- Massachusetts, 1985
Education
- Georgetown University, J.D., 1969
- Providence College, M.A., 1966
- Providence College, A.B., 1965
Associations and memberships
- Rhode Island Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on Insurance, 1981)
- American Bar Association (Member, Section of Litigation; Member, Subcommittee on Religious Organizations, Committee on Exempt Organizations, Section of Taxation, 1987)
- The District of Columbia Bar Association
- Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association
Representative cases
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Biographical details
- Phi Alpha Delta. Chief, Estate and Gift Tax Section, Rhode Island Division of Taxation, 1969
- Special Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, The Brooklyn Strike Force, U.S. Department of Justice, 1970-1973
- Member, Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1985
- President, Federal Bar Association, 1995-1997
William T. Murphy, Esq. serves Providence, Lincoln, Cumberland, North Smithfield and Woonsocket, Rhode Island.