Anne Marie Murphy
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP • Burlingame, CA
Balcony Collapse LitigationCommercial LitigationConsumer Protection Class ActionsDefective Products / Mass TortsElder Abuse
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Contact
Email
aadalian@cpmlegal.com
Phone
(866) 553-9736
Website
Address
Burlingame, CA, 94010, US
Professional
Bar Admissions
California1999
About
Anne Marie Murphy is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. She specializes in consumer class actions and elder abuse litigation, although she has handled cases running the gamut from antitrust to human rights disputes. Ms. Murphy has been named to many top attorney lists, including the Daily Journal’s lists of top plaintiff attorneys and top women lawyers, and Super Lawyer’s lists of top attorneys in Northern California and top women lawyers. Ms. Murphy currently serves on the board of directors of Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), and is on the Advisory Board of Seven Tepees Youth Program. In 2010 she was appointed to the California Access to Justice Commission, where she continues to serve. Ms. Murphy has significant jury trial experience, in addition to overseeing numerous cases to successful settlement. Ms. Murphy has provided frequent commentary on consumer rights issues, including binding mandatory consumer arbitration, and has appeared on local as well as national news broadcasts including ABC 7 On Your Side (Cable 7), View From The Bay, Ring of Fire and Good Morning America (ABC). In addition, Ms. Murphy frequently lectures on trial practice, as well as substantive areas of law, including elder abuse, consumer rights and arbitration. Ms. Murphy is AV-Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Ms. Murphy is rated 10/10 by AVVO. Ms. Murphy’s blog can be found at http://www.cpmlegal.com/blogs-Advocates-For-Justice
Credentials
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1999 | J.D. | Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1995 | Bachelor of Arts | Major: Science & Technology
Recognition & Involvement
Awards
For dedication to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Received Presidential Awards of Merit in: 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2020-2023, 2022 | Awarded each year since 2021., 2023 | Northern California "Super Lawyer", Northern California Super Lawyers and San Francisco Magazine, every year 2013 to the present., 2023 | Selected as a finalist for the Consumer Attorney of the Year Award, CAOC, 2008, 2008 | Named to the Daily Journal's list of the top 100 women lawyers in California | Northern California "Rising Star", Northern California Super Lawyers and San Francisco Magazine, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 | Co-Chair of CAOC Convention (2022, 2023), 2023 | Forum Magazine Editorial Board (2021-Present). Issue Editor, Civil Rights Issue (2022)., 2023 | National Trial Lawyers - Top 100, 2020 | Litigation Counsel of America, 2019 | Board President, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, 2023 | Irish Legal 100, 2023 | Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC). Ms. Murphy first served on the ExCom following her term as Chair of CAOC's Women's Caucus. Subsequently she served as CAOC's Parliamentarian (2020-2021), as Financial Secretary (2021-2022), and as Treasurer (2022-2023). She was recently elected to serve as CAOC's Secretary (2023-2024). She actively works on legislation with CAOC and is on the editorial board for Forum magazine. In 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2020-2023 she received the CAOC Presidential Award of Merit., 2023 | Board of Governors/Directors, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2009 to present., 2023 | Commissioner, California Commission on Access to Justice. In 2010, Ms. Murphy was appointed as a Commissioner on the California Commission on Access to Justice (now CalATJ) and served on the CalATJ for thirteen years, ending her term in 2023. She continues to participate in the CalATJ., 2023 | Member, American Association for Justice; Serve on Law School Committee, 2023 | Lifetime Member, California Women Lawyers, 2023 | Co-Chair, CAOC Class Action Seminar, 2014-2016, 2014 | Chair, CAOC Women's Caucus, 2014 | Board of Directors, San Mateo County Barristers, 2008-2009, 2007 | Member, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2007 | Member, San Mateo Trial Lawyers Association, 2023 | Chair, Donald L. Galine Tahoe Seminar & Sonoma Seminar, 2010-present (2023), 2023 | Chair, CAOC Women's Caucus, 2014, 2014 | California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA), 2009 -2011 | Member, San Mateo County Bar Association
Associations
Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), 2009 - 2016 (Board of Governors/Directors) | American Association for Justice, 2009 - 2016 (Member) | San Mateo County Bar Association, 2007 - 2016 (Member) | San Mateo Trial Lawyers Association, 2007 - 2016 (Member) | California Women Lawyers, 2011 - Present (Lifetime Member) | California Commission on Access to Justice, 2010 - 2016 (Commissioner) | San Mateo County Barristers, 2008 - 2009 (Board of Directors) | CAOC Womens Caucus, 2014 (Chair)
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