Francis Patrick Murphy

Admitted Illinois 1975

Admitted U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1975

Admitted U.S. Supreme Court 2011

Northwestern University 1970 BSBA

Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law  1975  JD

Assistant Public Defender, Cook County Public Defenders Office  1975-1978

Law Office of Philip E. Howard  1978-1983

Corboy & Demetrio, P.C. 1983-present; partner since 1991

Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago Philip H. Corboy School of Law 1987- present

AV Rate–highest level awarded–Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Illinois Super Lawyer–Top 5% of all Illinois attorneys

Leading Lawyers Network Member–Top 5% of all Illinois attorneys

Lawdragon 500–Named as one of the top 500 lawyers out of 1.2 million lawyers in the nation–2012,2013,2014,2015

The National Trial Lawyers Top 100–2015

Profiles:

“Patrick Murphy–Gentleman Lawyer for Injury Victims,”  John Flynn Rooney, Leading Lawyers Magazine, 2011

American Association for Justice (AAJ), formerly known as Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)

American Bar Association (ABA)

Chicago Bar Association (CBA) Judicial Evaluation Committee

Hazelden Chicago (former board of director)

Illinois Lawyers Assistance Program Board of Directors 2009; President 2013,2014

Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Adjunct Professor, 1987-Present

The Society of Trial Lawyers

Mr. Murphy was profiled in Leading Lawyers Magazine–Consumer Edition for 2011, in an article entitled, “Gentleman Lawyer for Injury Victims.” The article highlights Murphy’s extensive experience and success in representing victims. The media often reports on Patrick’s outstanding record of success and his extensive experience. His verdict in a high-profile railroad case was chronicled on “Good Morning America,” ABC’s national television morning news show. He was highlighted on “Inside Edition” for  his handling of one of the cases from the Chicago porch collapse tragedy of June 29,2003.  In a show dedicated to child safety issues, Oprah featured Patrick’s wrongful death case of 12 year-old Catherine “Casey” Fish, who choked to death while playing a game of  Chubby Bunny-stuffing marshmallows into one’s mouth-in her grade school classroom. He recently was featured on Fox News for his representation of a woman seriously injured when her second story deck collapsed.

Patrick  also served as a legal commentator for  Fox News Chicago regarding a young man who fell to his death at a Chicago Bear’s  game at Soldier Field.

The media also highlighted his victory before the Illinois Supreme Court in Bajwa et. al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et. al., where the supreme court created a new cause of action for negligent issuance of a life insurance policy.

Mr. Murphy has more than fifty settlements and verdicts of $1 million or more. Among his many accomplishments is a $7.5 million settlement that was secured on behalf of his client, a nationally renowned oboist from the Chicago Lyric Opera and Grant Park Symphony, whose musical career was ended when she was struck by a Chicago Transit Authority bus while crossing a Chicago street. Patrick also obtained a record-high settlement of $2.5 million for the death of an 88 year-old woman, who died when the car she was riding in was hit from behind by another car.  In another case involving senior citizens, Patrick secured a $6.8 million settlement for a 69 year-old woman and her 71 year-old husband for injuries she sustained when she was hit by a bus.

Patrick is a highly sought after lawyer in porch and deck collapse cases due to his extensive experience and numerous successes. Patrick represented several victims of the 2003 Lincoln Park porch collapse and was instrumental in brokering a global settlement of $16.6 million.  He secured a record-setting $4 million settlement for a young woman who fell from a porch when a railing broke away. it is the highest settlement in Illinois for an injury resulting from a defective porch railing. In another case, Murphy was successful in securing $2.15 million for a couple who were injured when deck railing gave way and they fell to the ground. He also represented the surviving family of a young man killed when he fell through a porch railing at a New Year’s Eve Party. The decedent’s Blood Alcohol Level was .345 when  he fell. Mr. Murphy settled the case for $2.7 million. He also represented a McHenry County, Illinois woman who fell one story as she stepped on her deck from her kitchen, settling against the home builder for $1 million for a fractured ankle.

Mr. Murphy has been teaching at Loyola University Chicago School of Law for 28 years. He is often invited to speak before bar associations on a variety of topics including his

Mr. Murphy has published numerous articles, book chapters and made numerous presentations to a variety of bar associations on the local, state and national level.