David J. Murphy

Dave Murphy represents clients in civil, criminal, probate and other litigation with a focus on business litigation and business law.  He works with individuals, partnerships and companies to establish business and non-profit entities, to provide counsel and to negotiate business deals.  Dave has considerable experience with partnership, corporate and LLC disputes, resolving cases through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and trial in the Massachusetts state and federal courts.

Dave worked at several Boston area law firms where he focused on business litigation and represented clients, including fortune 500 companies.  He currently practices law at Peres, Zoppo & Associates.  Dave also practiced law at Aceto, Bonner & Cole; Jacobi & Chamberlain; and Deutsch Williams Brooks DeRensis & Holland.  Dave has also worked as a sole practitioner and health care lobbyist, and he worked on cases at Ropes & Gray and Bingham McCutchen.

Dave successfully litigated and negotiated numerous matters for clients. He represented a local biotechnology company and its founding member in a lawsuit brought in Federal District Court by a Chinese biotechnology company.  Dave recently settled an employment dispute and a legal malpractice case in his clients' favor.  He is committed to providing clients with outstanding representation, to assessing worst case scenarios and to protecting clients' interests.

Dave previously served for five years as a legislative director within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in then-Governor Deval Patrick's Administration.  He also served for five years as general counsel to two state senators where he drafted the Massachusetts Anti-Human Trafficking Act.

After graduating from Georgetown University Law Center, Dave was a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court, where he worked for judges rotating through Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk counties.  He drafted numerous opinions in civil and criminal cases and worked with the justices on all aspects of trials, hearings and motions.

While attending law school, Dave represented clients through the Georgetown Criminal Justice Clinic. He clerked in the U.S. Attorney's Office, in the Homicide Unit in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Robert S. Mueller, III.  Dave also clerked for the D.C. Court of Appeals.

Prior to law school, Dave served in the U.S. Department of Justice where he worked on implementation of the Brady Act and portions of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.  He also served as a legislative assistant to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy on Capitol Hill where he worked on criminal justice policy and the 1994 Crime Bill.  In response to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, Dave drafted the law making art theft a federal crime.  Dave started his career in New York City where he worked for the late Governor Mario M. Cuomo on criminal justice policy.

Dave served on the Skidmore College Board of Trustees and on the Natick School Committee where he was elected to three terms.  Dave currently resides in Newton, MA and has two daughters.