THE FIRM

Murphy & Riley, P.C. is a civil litigation firm concentrating in the defense and handling of liability claims including professional malpractice (including medical, accounting and legal malpractice), product liability, premises liability, automobile and land transport, employment litigation, and insurance coverage matters. In each of these practice areas we have represented a wide variety of professionals, manufacturers, municipalities, property owners, insurers and for-profit and non-profit corporations, both insured and self-insured.

Our attorneys appear regularly before the state and federal courts in Massachusetts and various state agencies including the Boards of Registration and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. In addition to our strong trial and appellate practice, the firm has considerable experience with mediation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

The Firm's technological capabilities and professional support staff allow us efficiently to manage complex litigation and provide sophisticated, cost-effective legal services to our clients. The office's local area network allows instant access to files and electronically-stored documents from the desk of each professional and support staff member of the firm. From our use of Lexis for nationwide legal research to instant access to superior and federal court on-line dockets to our ability to scan and convey communications to clients (an increasing number of which are going "paperless") Murphy & Riley keeps current with the technological advances affecting the legal profession.

Our attorneys are involved in state and national bar associations, as well as defense oriented legal groups including the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute and the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association. Susan Donnelly Murphy is the current President of the MDLA and Joe King is a member of the MDLA Board of Directors.

HISTORY OF THE FIRM

The senior members of the firm have worked together for most of their professional careers. Bob Murphy, Rick Riley, and Susan Donnelly Murphy all began their legal careers in the early 1980's at Murphy & Mitchell, P.C., an insurance defense firm founded by Walter G. Murphy, one of the most well-respected defense attorneys of his era. Since the establishment of Murphy & Riley, P.C. in 1993 by Walter Murphy, Bob Murphy and Rick Riley, the firm has gradually expanded to its current size - fifteen attorneys and three paralegals. Murphy & Riley is an efficiently structured litigation firm made up of extraordinarily talented trial attorneys and litigation paralegals, with the skill and capacity to serve the needs of all our clients, large and small.

SERVICES

As noted in the designation on our letterhead, we are not only Attorneys but also "Counselors at Law." Literally, the word "attorney" means one who represents, or stands in the shoes of, another. This is certainly one of our major roles as we proudly represent our clients in and outside the courtroom. As "Counselors", however, we take equal pride and satisfaction in providing advice to our clients in a variety of contexts -- some connected to particular litigation but frequently in more informal ways. We proactively alert clients to developments in the law, the significance of these developments to their particular business, and insights on compliance. Likewise, when clients have general questions -- about a particular law or regulation; pre-litigation issues with claimants or their counsel; or if the client simply wants a sounding board for discussion of a troubling claim or confusing legal issue -- they know that they can pick up the telephone and contact any member of the firm directly to discuss the matter.

Our goal is to make the litigation process a team effort with our clients. It is our firm philosophy that close, direct and frequent communication between the attorney, insurer and client results in the most favorable and most satisfying outcome to claims and lawsuits. We enjoy litigation but recognize that litigation is simply a tool, not an end in itself. We do not engage in any litigation process for its own sake. Every step we take in litigation is designed to bring the case to a prompt, cost-effective and successful conclusion.

This is what we do for our clients. We do it capably and efficiently, in partnership with our clients, to achieve the best result in the client's best interests.

Murphy & Riley, P.C.
141 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02111-1209
617-423-3700
firm@murphyriley.com

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