John Frank Murphy
John Frank Murphy | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office December 23, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Lawrence F. Stengel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Cornell University (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) Harvard University (JD) |
John Frank Murphy (born 1977)[1][2] is an American lawyer who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Education
Murphy earned a
Career
From 2008 to 2009, Murphy served as a law clerk for Judge Kimberly A. Moore of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. From 2007 to 2022, he was a partner with the Philadelphia office of BakerHostetler where he focused on intellectual property litigation.[3]
In 2019, Murphy represented a number of plaintiffs suing to block the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's certification of ExpressVote XL electronic voting machines, challenging the security, reliability, and accuracy of the machines.[4][5][6][7]
Since 2014, he has worked as an
Federal judicial service
On July 12, 2022, President
References
- ^ "Biden nominates five, including former Philly DA, to federal courts in Pa". MSN. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Twenty-First Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Nat'l Election Def. Coal. V. Boockvar, 266 A.3d 76 | Casetext Search + Citator".
- ^ "Why Big Law Gets Involved in the Voting Rights and Gerrymandering Fight".
- ^ "Prisoner Civil Rights Panel and Plaintiffs' Employment Panel | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | United States District Court".
- ^ "Toth v. Chapman, CIVIL 1:22-CV-00208 | Casetext Search + Citator".
- ^ "John F. Murphy | Rutgers Law". law.rutgers.edu. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ Roebuck, Jeremy. "Biden nominates five, including former Philly DA, to federal courts in Pa". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ Vorugant, Harsh (August 4, 2022). "John Frank Murphy – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania". vettingroom.org. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. August 31, 2022.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 29, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: John Frank Murphy, of Pennsylvania, to U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania)". United States Senate. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ John Frank Murphy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- John Frank Murphy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.