Mr. Murphy's primary areas of practice are general litigation, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith law, and administrative matters before the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner.

Bar Admissions

Admissions

• West Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Education

• University of Mississippi, B.A., 1984
• Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1990

Significant Accomplishments

Representing insurance clients in litigation, coverage and bad faith disputes in West Virginia

West Virginia Managing Staff Counsel for GEICO, 2008 -  2010

Associate/Shareholder, McQueen & Murphy, L.C., 1997 -  2007

Claims Legal Counsel for Nationwide Insurance Company, 1993 - 1997

Attorney for the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, 1990 - 1992

Representative Cases

Fitness, Fun, & Freedom, Inc. v. Perdue, No. 20-0344, 2021 WL 653240, at *1 (W. Va. Feb. 19, 2021)

Government Employees Insurance Company v. Sayre, 800 S.E.2d 886 (W. Va. 2017)

Kenney v. Indep. Order of Foresters, 744 F.3d 901 (4th Cir., 2014)

Graham v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., 556 F. App'x 193 (4th Cir. 2014) 

Cava v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., 232 W. Va. 503, 753 S.E.2d 1 (2013)

Jenkins v. City of Elkins, 230 W. Va. 335, 738 S.E.2d 1 (2012)

New Hampshire Ins. Co. v. RRK, Inc., 230 W. Va. 52, 736 S.E.2d 52 (2012)

Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. Miller, 228 W. Va. 739, 724 S.E.2d 343 (2012)

Gauze v. Reed, 219 W. Va. 381, 633 S.E.2d 326 (2006)

First Fin. Ins. Co. v. Hammons, 58 F. App'x 31 (4th Cir. 2003)

State ex rel. Atkins v. Burnside, 212 W. Va. 74, 569 S.E.2d 150 (2002)

Marks v. W. Virginia Dep't of Health & Human Res., 181 F. Supp. 2d 639 (S.D. W. Va. 2002) aff'd sub nom. Marks v. Watters, 322 F.3d 316 (4th Cir. 2003)

DeVane v. Kennedy, 205 W. Va. 519, 519 S.E.2d 622 (1999)