Murphy, J. Scott Esq.
Garrity, Graham, Murphy, Garofalo & Flinn, P.C.
72 Eagle Rock Avenue
Suite 350
P.O. Box 438
East Hanover, NJ 07936
Phone: (973) 509-7500 (Ext. 2236) / (800) 509-9510
Fax: 973-509-0414
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Summary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner/Principal
Lawyer Overview
For over twenty five years my practice has been dedicated to the vigorous representation of business enterprises, corporations or professional associations, legal entities, underwriters/insurers, risk managers and TPAs, individuals, and all forms of professionals involved in U.S. litigation.
Through the years I have been privileged to have represented clients involved in banking and finance matters, boiler and machinery damage claims or litigation, corporate or commercial disputes or litigation, commercial auto and transportation defense, commercial multi-peril losses, multi-peril crop losses, casualty or general liability litigation defense, construction litigation (defense, indemnity and coverage), inland and ocean marine defense, premises or business operations litigation (including employment litigation and risk management exposures) defense, patent/trademark and various forms of intellectual property litigation, property/casualty defense, product design and/or manufacturing defect litigation defense (simple or complex products, commercial/consumer/industrial equipment, fire or fuel products or tanks/containers, clothing, furniture, and/or various recreational vehicles/vessels), environmental law related litigation (defense or coverage domestic or international vertical and horizontal coverages), pharmaceutical, medical professional liability and medical device litigation, trucking-transportation litigation, and maritime (blue and brown water) litigation.
In addition to the above, my practice has consistently included the defense of professionals involved in litigation including E & O and D & O claims, fiduciary and financial loss claims, malpractice claims, and HPL claims. I have defended and/or represented professionals such as accountants, allied healthcare professionals, financial or securities professionals, lenders and collectors, architects and engineers, GCs and sub-contractors, construction managers, counselors and psychologists, dental and medical professionals, hospice workers, nurses and nursing homes, EMTs, real estate professionals, real estate inspectors, specialty trades, insurance brokers and agents, social workers, and a variety of licensed and otherwise classified professionals.
With active licenses in California and New Jersey - and experience associating into litigation nationwide - I have been privileged to have handled state and federal litigation in many/most of the states in our country whether in the capacity of local, regional or national coordinating or trial counsel in single suit, mass litigation, national product challenges, class action litigation and/or multi-district litigation.
In recent years my practice has expanded to include retention as a professional mediator/facilitator or private Judge/Arbitrator in cases nationwide in the areas of practice listed below. If you are tired of excessive mediation charges by national or regional mediation groups and retired Judges and the often inexperienced or ineffective local mediators or court panel mediators please give me a call. No exposure is too large or too small.
80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
20% of Practice Devoted to Coverage and Risk Management
Areas of Practice
- ASTM, EPA, DOT, OSHA, ARB and Related Regulations of Products
- Audits and Due Diligence
- Alternative Risk Transfer and Reinsurance
- Banking & Financial Services
- Boiler and Machinery
- Cargo
- Casualty/CGL
- Clothing Related Burn Cases
- Combustion Science & Engineering Cases
- Commercial Auto and Trucking
- Construction Defect and Personal Injury
- Consumer Finance & Commercial Litigation
- D&O
- Deflagration, Detonation and Explosion Cases
- E&O
- Education
- Employment and Labor
- Environmental Litigation and Coverage
- Fidelity, Credit and Surety
- Excess and Surplus Insurance
- Farm Owner and Crop Multiple Peril
- FDCPA
- Fire and Combustion Cases
- Fire, Cause & Origin Cases
- Furniture and Structure Related Burn Cases
- Hospital Professional Liability
- HPL
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Maritime - Inland Marine and Ocean Marine
- Mass Tort and Multi-District Litigation
- Medical and Health Care Professional Liability
- Media
- Mediation & Arbitration
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceutical & Medical Device
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Professional Liability
- Significant Burn Injury and Other Catastrophic Injury Cases
- Trucking & Transportation
West Practice Categories
Admiralty & Maritime, Asbestos Mesothelioma, Aviation, Bad Faith Insurance, Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Communications & Media, Construction, Contracts, Debtor-Creditor, Drugs & Medical Devices, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Employment Law -- Employer, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure, Environmental, Franchising, Health Care, Housing & Construction Defects, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Legal Malpractice, Litigation & Appeals, Medical Malpractice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Motor Vehicle Defects, Nursing Home Abuse, Patents, Personal Injury -- Defense, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Sexual Harassment, Toxic Torts, Trademarks, Transportation
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1985
- New Jersey, 1994
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1985
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1985
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1985
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1985
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2009
Professional Associations and Memberships
- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- The Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA)
- Council on Litigation Management
Education
- Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
J.D. - The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
B.A./B.S.
Fraternities/Sororities
- Sigma Nu
Office Information
Address
72 Eagle Rock Avenue
Suite 350
P.O. Box 438
East Hanover, NJ 07936
Phones
(973) 509-7500 (Ext. 2236)
(800) 509-9510
Faxes
973-509-0414
