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Murphy, Anne Marie

Anne Marie Murphy - Burlingame, CA

Attorney at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP

Balcony Collapse Litigation Lawyers in Burlingame, CA

San Francisco Airport Office Center 840 Malcolm Road Suite 200 Burlingame, CA 94010

  • 1 Super Lawyers®
  • 27 Years 
    Experience

Burlingame Balcony Collapse Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

  • Balcony Collapse Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Consumer Protection Class Actions
  • Defective Products / Mass Torts
  • Elder Abuse
  • Securities / Financial Fraud

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

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


Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

SuperLawyers

Anne Marie Murphy included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

  • CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalist, 2008 - Present
  • Northern California "Rising Star" by Northern California Super Lawyers and San Francisco Magazine, 2009 - 2012
  • Northern California "Super Lawyer" by Northern California Super Lawyers and San Francisco Magazine, 2015 - 2016
  • Appointed to the California Commission on Access to Justice
  • The Daily Journal Top 100 Women Lawyers in California, 2015 - Present
  • Super Lawyers List of Top 100 lawyers in Northern California, 2016 - Present
  • Top 50 Women Lawyers, Super Lawyers
  • Daily Journal: Top 25 Plaintiff Attorneys in California, 2015 - Present
  • AV-Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, 2016 - Present
  • AVVO, 10/10 rated, 2016 - Present
  • CAOC Presidential Award of Merit, 2015 - Present
  • Forum Magazine Article, "Volunteer spotlight – Anne Marie Murphy," , 2015 - Present
  • Plaintiff Magazine, "Profile: Anne Marie Murphy," 2016, 2016 - Present

Other Sources of Feedback About Anne Marie Murphy

Included on the 2026 Northern California Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2013 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2012 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers list
  • 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers list

Education

  • Legal Education

    • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1999
      J.D.
  • Non Legal Education

    • Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1995
      Bachelor of Arts
      Major: Science & Technology

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Partner

Past Positions

  • U.S. Senate, Legislative Assistant

Classes and Seminars

  • Litigating Human Rights Cases Under the UCL, November 28, 2016
  • Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) Litigation, Plenary Session, November 19, 2016
  • Elder Abuse, a Growing Epidemic, November 12, 2016
  • Transparency in Supply Chains Litigation: Plaintiff, Defense and Human rights perspectives, California State Bar Antitrust, UCL and Privacy Law Section, 2016 - Present
  • Litigating in Probate Versus Civil Court: Factors to Consider Legal Assistance for Seniors Conference, 2016 - Present
  • Presentation to CANHR CCRC Panel, April 30, 2016
  • “Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Continuing Care Contracts/Frequently Asked Questions, CANHR, 2016 - Present
  • Trial Skills: The Ins And Outs Of Handling Witnesses (Roundtable Discussion), CAOC Sonoma Seminar, 2016 - Present
  • Why aren’t more female lawyers making it to trial?, SFTLA, 2016 - Present
  • CAOC Class Action and Mass Torts 2016 Seminar, 2016
  • Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, CAOC Hawaii Seminar, 2015 - Present
  • Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Current Developments, November 2015
  • CAOC/SFTLA/BASF 2015 Class Action Seminar, February 10, 2015
  • CAOC 2014 Hawaii Seminar, December 1, 2014
  • California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) Annual Convention, November 21, 2014
  • CAOC 53rd Annual Convention, November 14, 2014
  • Cy Pres in Class Action Settlements: How to Do It Right and Benefit Legal Services, July 28, 2014
  • CAOC Political Training, May 5, 2014
  • CAOC 2014 Class Action Seminar, February 25, 2014
  • Ethical Issues Emerging From The Patient-Client Relationship, November 16, 2013
  • Is Major League Baseball the ONLY Business to Have an Antitrust Exemption?, Santa Clara University, 2013 - Present
  • Ring of Fire: The Conservative War on Consumer Protections, August 4, 2013
  • Legal Assistance for Seniors, May 21, 2013
  • La Raza Centro Legal of San Francisco, April 17, 2013
  • San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association / Town Hall Legal Education Program, April 8, 2013
  • Consumer Attorneys of California, Annual Tahoe Ski Seminar, March 22, 2013
  • San Mateo County Bar Association, Funky Credit Day XVIII, January 25, 2013
  • California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) Annual Convention, November 16, 2012
  • 46th Annual CAOC Convention, November 9, 2012
  • Co-Chair Class Action Seminar, CAOC, 2014 - 2016
  • Co-Chair Tahoe Education Seminar, CAOC, 2010 - 2016
  • Dos and Don’ts in the Courtroom, CAOC 53rd Annual Convention, 2014 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

  • Seven Tepees Youth Program: Board of Directors, Secretary, Advisory Board, 2009 - 2016
  • San Bruno Youth Baseball, Volunteer, 2016 - Present
  • California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, Board of Directors, 2015 - 2016

Representative Cases

  • Komarova v. National Credit Acceptance, Inc.
    • Citation: 175 Cal. App. 4th 324
    • Court: Cal. App. 1st Dist.
    • Year: 2009
  • City of San Jose v. Office of the Comm'r of Baseball
    • Citation: 776 F.3d 686
    • Court: 9th Circuit
    • Year: 2015
  • Abat v. Chase Bank USA, N.A.
    • Citation: 738 F.Supp.2d 1093
    • Court: C.D. Cal.
    • Year: 2010
  • Herron v. Best Buy Stores
    • Citation: LP, E.D.Cal.,2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120865
    • Court: U.S. Dist
    • Year: 2015

Published Works

Articles

  • Upcoming Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Magazine, October, 2015
  • Pennies From Heaven, San Francisco Daily Journal, November 22, 2013
  • Same Road, Different Stops, The Docket, Volume 49, No. 1, January, 2013

Bar Admissions

  • California, 1999

Other Affiliations

  • 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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Burlingame, CA

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840 Malcolm Road
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Burlingame, CA 94010

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