James A. Murphy III - Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations

Murphy serves and has served on many boards of directors, including the State University of New York and its affiliate, The Empire State College Foundation, Domestic Violence Services-Rape Crisis of Saratoga County, The Prevention Council, CAPTAIN Youth and Family Services, Leadership Saratoga, and Saratoga Center for the Family.

DA Murphy is a member of the NYS Supreme Court's 4th Judicial District Law Library Board and a New York State co-chair of Fight Crime-Invest in Kids Inc., a statewide, bi-partisan, non-profit, anti-crime organization of more than 300 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders, and violence survivors whose efforts include combating bullying and cyber crime. Through this organization, Murphy promoted the Safe and Stable Families Program, preschool programs for crime prevention, and other educational initiatives.

Murphy is also active in the New York State Bar Association and has served on its Executive Committee for Criminal Justice. He has served as a member of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association and is a past president and executive board member of the Saratoga County Bar Association.

As Chairman of the Board of Directors and as past President of the New York State District Attorneys' Association, Murphy led the state's 62 district attorneys to work on statewide criminal justice initiatives. He has testified on a number of occasions before the New York State Legislature, the Sentencing Reform Commission, and the Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force and is a frequent lecturer at Albany Law School, the Federated Bar Association, District Attorneys Association of the State of New York, and the New York Prosecutors' Training Institute.

Murphy is a former board member of the New York Prosecutors' Training Institute, which trains prosecutors across the state in evidence, trial tactics, skills and writing.

Murphy also sits on the Jane Doe No More Advisory Board, an organization that works to ensure proper treatment of the victims of sexual assault; provide education and training tools for use by law enforcement, medical and legal professionals; and provide guidance to victims and their families. In April 2007, Murphy and Palomba appeared on Dateline NBC’s segment entitled "The Man Behind the Mask", detailing the attempted abduction of Saratoga Springs High School track star Lindsey Ferguson. DA Murphy was closely involved in the case of now-convicted kidnapper John Regan for crimes he committed in Connecticut and New York States.

In 2003, Governor Pataki appointed him to the NYS Commission on Forensic Science, which monitors forensic laboratory compliance with state accreditation standards. He was re-appointed to this post in 2009 by Governor Patterson. As a member of the NYS Commission on Forensic Science, Murphy assisted in creating standards and protocols for the DNA databank.

Governor Pataki and Governor Spitzer appointed him to serve on the New York State Domestic Violence Advisory Board in 2001 and 2007, respectively in an effort to assist the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence to establish best practices for police and victims in order to hold batterers accountable for their criminal conduct.

Murphy joined the faculty at Albany Law School as an adjunct professor in 2005, teaching courses in investigation, charging decisions, preliminary hearings, grand jury presentations, suppression hearings, trial advocacy, trial practice, plea bargaining and summation strategies. He teaches Criminal Trial Practice I and Criminal Trial Practice II for upper level students.

He serves as NYS Co-Chairperson of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Inc., investing resources to combat bullying and cyber crime. Promoted the Safe and Stable Families Program and pre-school programs for crime prevention and other educational efforts