James A. Murphy III

Judicial Offices: 

Acting Justice, Supreme Court, Saratoga County, 2016 to present
Judge, Saratoga County Court 2014-present

Other Professional Experience

Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office, District Attorney, 1998-2013
Albany Law School, Adjunct Professor, 1993
Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office, First Assistant District Attorney, 1996
Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office, Assistant District Attorney, 1988
Kane, Dalsimer, Kane, NY, NY, Associate, 1986

Admission to the Bar

NYS Appellate Division, Third Department, 1987
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk, 1986
United States District Court, SDNY, EDNY, NDNY, 1987
United States Supreme Court, 1997

Education

JD, Pace University School of Law, 1986
BA, Bates College, 1983
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Executive Education, 2011
Faculty of Laws, University College London, 1985

Professional & Civic Activities

NYS Commission on Forensic Science, Commissioner, 1998-2013
NYS Governor’s Domestic Violence Advisory Council, Advisory Council Member, 1998-2013
Board Chair, President & Director of the DA’s Association of the State of NY, 2009
New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, Executive Committee Member
New York State Bar Association, House of Delegates, Delegate
The Prevention Council, Board of Directors, Director
Domestic Violence Rape Crisis Services/Wellspring, Board of Directors, Director
Leadership Saratoga, Board of Directors, Director
SUNY Empire State College Foundation, Board of Directors, Director
CAPTAIN, Board of Directors, Director
Saratoga County Bar Association, Past President and Chair of the Board, Director

Awards and Recognition

Prosecutor of the Year, New York Prosecutor’s Training Institute, 2013
Child Advocate of the Year, The Prevention Council, 2004
Martindale-Hubbell rated AV Preeminent, Peer review 5.0/5.0, 1998-present