Robert M. Murphy

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Robert M. Murphy

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District

Successor: Marion F. Edwards (D)

Education

Bachelor's

University of Southwestern Louisiana

Law

Loyola University

Robert M. Murphy was a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in Louisiana. He was elected to the court in 2012 and his term would have expired on December 31, 2022. He retired from the court on January 3, 2018.

Education

Murphy earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1971 and his J.D. from Loyola University in New Orleans in 1974.

Career

Prior to his election to the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, Murphy was a Division D judge for the 24th Judicial District in Louisiana. He was elected to this position on September 21, 1996 and served until his election to the Fifth Circuit. He began his career in 1974 as a co-founder of the law firm of Gauthier and Murphy. He practiced there until his judicial election in 1996.

2012 election

Murphy was elected to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal after running unopposed in 2012.

See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2012

See also

• Louisiana Courts of Appeal
• Courts in Louisiana

External links

• The Twenty Fourth Judicial District Court
• Louisiana Judicial District Directory (dead link)