Francis G. Murphy - Nashua, NH

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 1981
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Rhode Island College, 1974
    B.A.
  • University College Dublin Ireland, 1976
    M.A.
    Honors: Second Honors

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• New Hampshire Superior Court, Law Clerk and Senior Law Clerk, 1981 - 1983
• Justice William Batchelder, New Hampshire Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1983 - 1984
• Stewart & Murphy, P.A., Attorney/Shareholder/Director, 1984 - 2009

Pro Bono Activities

• DWS Trust Company (an incorporator in 1989 of NH’s largest trust company); Independent Member Board of Directors; Chair of the Board’s Investment Committee
• President of the Friends of Greeley Park (annual sponsor of Santa in the Park)
• Volunteer Mediator at the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights
• Nashua YWCA “Certificate of Recognition” for Pro Bono Work
• Lower Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee, Member Appointed by Governor, 2016 - Present
• Tournament Director – Nashua Columbus Day Youth Soccer Tournament
• Assistant Coach – Nashua Biddy League Basketball Teams
• Past Board Member – Mount Pleasant Street School PTO
• Past Board Member – UCD Alumni Association – Boston
• Past Instructor (Business Law) St. Anselm College

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire, 1981
• New York, 1982
• Massachusetts, 1983
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Other Affiliations

• New Hampshire Bar Association (Member)
• New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• New Hampshire Association of Justice
• Nashua Bar Association
• Member Keenan Trial Institute
• NH Bar Association Bar News Committee (Past Member)
• N.H. Association of Justice Trial Academy (Past Faculty Member)