Justice Jerome C. Murphy graduated, with cum laude honors, from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business in 1975. Following graduation, he worked for three years in public accounting, gaining diverse business experience in various industries and in tax matters. He has passed the CPA exam and was previously actively licensed to practice as a CPA in New York.
In 1981, he received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. Thereafter, he spent approximately 30 years as a trial attorney and became a founder and a managing partner of Chesney & Murphy, LLP, which grew to be a 60 person law firm. He also served as a Village Justice and as a Deputy Village Counsel in Island Park, New York.
Mr. Murphy has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest attorney rating, and he was also found to be “well-qualified” by the Nassau County Bar Association prior to being elected to the New York State Supreme Court in November of 2011. He has previously served as a member of Not-For-Profit Boards of Directors, and has been involved with various charitable activities over the years, including serving on their financial investment advisory boards. Jerome Murphy has
been married to his wife, Lisa since 1984, and they are the parents of 7 children and grandparents to 5 children.
In 2014, Justice Murphy began being assigned Commercial Division cases, while also receiving various other types of civil cases. Since October 2018, almost all of Justice Murphy’s newly assigned cases have been matters within the Commercial Division