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Kara A.T. MurphyMember 203-853-7000 phone |
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Practice areas
- Civil litigation
- General practice
- Insurance defense
- Self-insured defense
- Medical malpractice
- Health and Hospital law
- Municipal law
Bar admissions
- Connecticut, 1996
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1998
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
Education
- J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1996
- B.A., cum laude, with honors in History, Lafayette College, 1992
Professional Associations
- Connecticut Bar Association (CBA)
Board of Governors & House of Delegates 2011–present - CBA Legislative Policy & Review Committee 2013- Present
- CBA Audit Committee 2013- Present
- CBA Standing Committee on Professional Ethics 2014-2015
- CBA Nominating Committee, 2012
- Fairfield County Bar Association (FCBA)
Board of Directors, 2010–2014
Co-Chair Women in Law Committee, 2009–2011 - FCBA Co-Chair, Bench Bar Committee 2014 – 2015
- American Bar Association
- Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
- Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation
- Defense Research Institute
Women in the Law Subcommittee, 2010–present - American Health Lawyers Association
Publications
- Author: “Pleading the Policy Limit as a Special Defense,” 1 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 167, 1995; cited in Jon Berk and Michael Jainchill, Connecticut Law of Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage, section 7.9.3B (4th Ed. 2010)
- Research Editor, Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, 1995–1996.
Biography
- Phi Alpha Theta
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Member, McKelvy Honors Program, Lafayette College, 1990-1992
- Member: Fairfield Judicial District Grievance Committee, 2004–2010
- Board of Trustees, Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, 2006–2007