Legal Career
After law school, he clerked for the Hon. David T. Lewis, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit from 1972-1973. Upon completion of his clerkship, he entered private practice in Salt Lake City, Utah with Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough. Six months into his job, he was arguing a 10 week anti-trust case, which resulted in a favorable jury verdict. Murphy stayed with the firm from 1973-1985. In 1986, he was appointed to a judgeship in the Third District Court of Utah.
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