Biography
Jennifer Murphy is Of Counsel in the Texas Litigation Group with McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC. Throughout her career, Ms. Murphy gained substantial experience representing clients in a wide variety of complex litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels. While in law school, she served as Managing Editor of SMU Law Review and was inducted into the National Order of Barristers for excellence in oral advocacy. She also won the National Championship and received Best Brief Honors at the Federal Bar Association Thurgood A. Marshall Moot Court Competition in Washington D.C. Following law school, Jennifer also served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable United States District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer, Northern District of Texas. Her current practice focuses on bankruptcy litigation, business litigation, commercial litigation, consumer litigation, creditor collections, debt litigation, foreclosure, and real estate litigation matters in state and federal courts.
Practice Areas
Education
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2000
- Southern Methodist University, 1996
Admissions
- State Bar of Texas
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Memberships
- Ms. Murphy is an active member of the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas and Tarrant County Bar Associations. She previously served in the Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court and as President of the Wichita County Bar Association. Ms. Murphy is also a passionate supporter of the arts and served on the Board of Directors for the Kemp Center for the Arts.