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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/William_Murphy_Jr._Baltimore_lawyer.jpg/330px-William_Murphy_Jr._Baltimore_lawyer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/William_Murphy_Jr._Baltimore_lawyer.jpg/440px-William_Murphy_Jr._Baltimore_lawyer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="668" /></a><figcaption>Murphy in 1996</figcaption></figure> <p><b>William H. Murphy Jr.</b> (born April 22, 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an attorney and former judge in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland, now working as managing partner of Murphy, Falcon, Murphy law firm. An African-American, Murphy has been particularly associated with advocacy for <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a>; he has also been prominent in local politics over several decades.<sup id="cite_ref-reddy2006_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reddy2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Murphy_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Murphy was one of five children born to William H. Murphy Sr., one of the first African-American judges to serve on Baltimore's district court, and community and political activist <a href="/wiki/Madeline_Wheeler_Murphy" title="Madeline Wheeler Murphy">Madeline Wheeler Murphy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reddy2006_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reddy2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kelly2003_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reddy2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reddy2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the brother of <a href="/wiki/Laura_W._Murphy" title="Laura W. Murphy">Laura W. Murphy</a>. They grew up in Baltimore's <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hill,_Baltimore" title="Cherry Hill, Baltimore">Cherry Hill</a> neighborhood. Murphy attended <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_City_Public_Schools" title="Baltimore City Public Schools">Baltimore City Public Schools</a>, graduating from <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Polytechnic_Institute" title="Baltimore Polytechnic Institute">Baltimore Polytechnic Institute</a> high school. In 1965, he completed a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.S.</a> in <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineering" title="Electrical engineering">electrical engineering</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>, before going on to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Maryland School of Law">University of Maryland School of Law</a>, where he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Law_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="Law Review">Law Review</a> and earned his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UBaltimore2004_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UBaltimore2004-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_political_career">Law and political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Murphy_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Law and political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the beginning of his career, Murphy was especially active as an advocate in civil rights-related cases.<sup id="cite_ref-reddy2006_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reddy2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first successful case, he defended the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="First Amendment">First Amendment</a> rights of a controversial <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" title="Black Panther Party">Black Panther Party</a> newspaper. Murphy gained particular public prominence as a <a href="/wiki/Criminal_defense_lawyer" title="Criminal defense lawyer">criminal defense lawyer</a>, in which role he drew public attention to the history of injustice toward African-Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-mfm_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mfm-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Olesker1996_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Olesker1996-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Billy_Murphy_at_luncheon_with_Ali.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Billy_Murphy_at_luncheon_with_Ali.jpg/220px-Billy_Murphy_at_luncheon_with_Ali.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Billy_Murphy_at_luncheon_with_Ali.jpg/330px-Billy_Murphy_at_luncheon_with_Ali.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Billy_Murphy_at_luncheon_with_Ali.jpg/440px-Billy_Murphy_at_luncheon_with_Ali.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3116" data-file-height="1961" /></a><figcaption>Murphy, in 1977, at a luncheon for <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a> (pictured with wife <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Porche" class="mw-redirect" title="Veronica Porche">Veronica Porche</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a></figcaption></figure><p>In 1980, Murphy was elected to Baltimore's Circuit Court (Maryland's highest-level trial court), on which he served as a judge for two and a half years.<sup id="cite_ref-reddy2006_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reddy2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FlexYourRights_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FlexYourRights-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned in 1983 to pursue an unsuccessful primary challenge to incumbent Baltimore mayor <a href="/wiki/William_Donald_Schaefer" title="William Donald Schaefer">William Donald Schaefer</a> in <a href="/wiki/1983_Baltimore_mayoral_election" title="1983 Baltimore mayoral election">that year's mayoral election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rodricks2006_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodricks2006-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his campaign, he spoke of an "other Baltimore" which, he said, had been neglected by those focused on improving the city's public image, leaving it without the investment of resources that could help to address its long-term problems.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Murphy then returned to practicing law, mostly handling criminal cases. In 1993, he formed a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Cristina_Gutierrez" title="Cristina Gutierrez">Cristina Gutierrez</a>. The new firm, Murphy and Gutierrez continued to handle criminal cases. After Gutierrez left the firm to establish her own firm Murphy then collaborated with his long time associate Richard Falcon to found the firm Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, in which Murphy continues to serve as a senior partner.<sup id="cite_ref-mfm_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mfm-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here, his practice has focused on civil litigation, including several high-profile cases representing <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> companies.<sup id="cite_ref-reddy2006_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reddy2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1994, <i>The Baltimore Sun</i> described Murphy as having "a reputation for pushing client advocacy to its legal limits", in an article in which Murphy explained his role as preventing "the rules [from being] bent against unpopular people."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Murphy's work has earned numerous honors, including recognition as the "Top Attorney in Maryland" by <i>Baltimore Magazine Super Lawyers</i>, for both 2009 and 2010, and listing among the American Trial Lawyers Association's "100 Top Trial Lawyers in the U.S.", in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-mfm_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mfm-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Baltimore" title="University of Baltimore">University of Baltimore</a> presented Murphy with its inaugural <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hamilton_Houston" title="Charles Hamilton Houston">Charles Hamilton Houston</a> Award for Lifetime Achievement in Litigation.<sup id="cite_ref-UBaltimore2004_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UBaltimore2004-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Murphy appeared as himself in <i>The Wire</i>, season 5, episode 7: "<a href="/wiki/Took_(The_Wire)" title="Took (The Wire)">Took</a>" (airdate February 17, 2008).<sup id="cite_ref-Sauter2008_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sauter2008-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freddie_Gray_case">Freddie Gray case</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Murphy_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Freddie Gray case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, Murphy served as attorney for the family of <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Freddie Gray">Freddie Gray</a>, who died during an encounter with the Baltimore police.<sup id="cite_ref-Gorta2015_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gorta2015-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Campbell2015_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell2015-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Murphy has long been critical of the ways law-enforcement practices can unfairly harm African-Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-Rodricks2006_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodricks2006-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even in 1999, Murphy denounced "<a href="/wiki/Zero_tolerance" title="Zero tolerance">zero tolerance</a>" as an approach to policing and advocated requiring police officers to carry "audiotape recorders" as a means of improving courtesy and making officers "less inclined to commit <a href="/wiki/Perjury" title="Perjury">perjury</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Murphy's ties to <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Mosby" title="Marilyn Mosby">Marilyn Mosby</a>, the <a href="/wiki/State%27s_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="State's Attorney">State's Attorney</a> who filed charges against the officers involved in the Gray case, became a source of controversy when defense attorneys alleged, in a <a href="/wiki/Motion_to_dismiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion to dismiss">motion to dismiss</a> the case, that those ties constituted a <a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">conflict of interest</a> on her part.<sup id="cite_ref-Fenton2015_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fenton2015-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The motion also alleged several other potential reasons for dismissal.) Specifically, Murphy donated to Mosby's campaign, served as one of 14 members of her transition team, and represented her in an Attorney Grievance Commission proceeding, which the State's Attorney's office characterized as "frivolous."<sup id="cite_ref-Rector2015_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rector2015-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Fraternal Order of Police">Fraternal Order of Police</a> also publicly called for Mosby to recuse herself from the case.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, the prosecution asserted that none of the reasons alleged constitute a legal basis for charges to be dismissed; they also pointed out that "Murphy's $4,000 contribution to Mosby's campaign" amounted to "just 1.3 percent of her overall campaign funds" and was comparable to a $3,250 donation by the "Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents Baltimore police officers."<sup id="cite_ref-Rector2015_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rector2015-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the controversy, Murphy defended Mosby and asserted that there would be no conflict of interest.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> philanthropy </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Murphy_Jr.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January, 2024, Murphy donated $1 million to the University of Maryland school of law, his alma mater. The school of law announced that the funds would be invested in the new Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law. The Center's goal: improving the lives of those affected by historical, systemic and current racial oppression.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Murphy_Jr.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKeith_L._Alexander2015" class="citation news cs1">Keith L. 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