Blue Bell, PennsylvaniaAssociate

Michael Murphy concentrates his practice on counseling and representing insurers nationwide with respect to complex insurance coverage matters and bad faith claims.

Prior to joining NLdH, Mr. Murphy was a member in the global insurance practice group at an international law firm where he concentrated his practice on all facets of litigating complex insurance coverage and bad faith claims arising under commercial general liability, first-party property, builder's risk and professional liability policies.

After graduating from law school, he served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph L. McGlynn, Jr., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Murphy was employed in the pharmaceutical industry and worked for two major international pharmaceutical companies.

In 2005, Mr. Murphy was recognized by his peers and the publishers of Law & Politics magazine as a "Pennsylvania Rising Star."

Representative Matters

• Represented insurer in $20 million property damage and delay in completion claim arising out of the construction of a luxury high-rise condominium and hotel in South Beach, Miami, Florida.

• Represented insurer in $1 million property damage claim that occured during a technology and construction upgrade at the Federal Aviation Administration's Command Center in Washington, D.C. following the attacks of September 11th.

• Represented insurer in $14 million bodily injury claim arising out of claimant's development of Reynaud's Syndrome caused by their operation of a metal fabricating machine over a thirteen year period.

• Represented insurers in several multi-million dollar matters involving bodily injury claims arising from occupational asbestos exposure over the course of several decades.

• Represented insurer in $2 million uninsured motorist claim seeking uninsured motorist benefits by operation of law on the basis that the insurer failed to comply with the statue's waiver requirements.

• Represented major international insurer as a member of a team of lawyers serving as the insurer's national coordinating counsel for more than 400 mold claims.

• Represented insurer as member of a team of lawyers defending insurer against property damage claims seeing millions of dollars in coverage for repayment of insurance-backed loans used to finance the production of motion pictures which failed to recoup the costs of producing and distributing the films.

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Bankruptcy 101 - Your Insured Has Filed Bankruptcy. Now What?, Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, 2009
• Bankruptcy 201 - Claims Handling and Litigation Under the Bankruptcy Cloud, Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, 2009

Published Works:

A Retrospective of 2009 Food Contamination and Product Recall Coverage Decisions: More Recalls, More Disputes, The Crisis Management Trend Continues, Mealey's Litigation Report, Food Liability, Volume 3, Issue 11, February, 2010

Litigating Insurance Coverage Disputes in Bankruptcy Court, Coverage Insights