Norman Michael Murburg Jr

Mike has been a lawyer for over thirty years. For the past 20 years he has limited his practice primarily to Social Security Disability matters and select Railroad Retirement Board disability claims. He has personally tried over 5,000 Social Security disability cases and has obtained over $27,000, in past due benefits for his clients. Though his main office is in Tampa, Mike practices both locally, regionally and nationally. In order to help claimants who may or may not want or need an attorney, Mike has created his website "" as an information and referral source and has written the entire content of the site including a detailed section on Frequently Asked Questions and has created downloadable forms that people who visit the site may use free of charge.  Mike has also  produced over 100 You Tube video informationals on Social Security Disability and numerous others on related railroad retirement disability topics that may be googled as "Michael Murburg" or may be found on the links at the  site.  (Please note that the Mike Murburg whom you google was also a contestant on the show The Biggest Loser Season 16.) Mike has also lectured other lawyers professionally on Social Security Disability and on fitness and weight loss topics. 

Educationally, Mike graduated from Princeton, with an A.B. in history in 1977.  He graduated with honors from the Florida State University College of law, J.D. in 1986.  Mike was admitted to practice in Florida in 1986, the Federal Courts for the Middle District of Florida and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, to the Court of Appeals for Veterans’ Claim, the Washington State Bar and the United States Supreme Court. Mike is a member in good standing in each of the Bar s stated above and is a sustaining member of  the National Organization for Social Security Claimants’ Representatives.  Past experience of relevance would include work as a prosecuting attorney from 1986-1990 and as a personal injury trial lawyer 1990 - 2000.  He has tried in excess of 100 jury trials.

Mike is a straight shooter and won't sugar coat his opinion.  An avid fisherman, he would rather fish than cut bait.  He wont pull any punches and will give it to you straight.  His main office (where he dresses in very casual attire) is located in Tampa, however; he also has offices located in New Port Richey, Hudson/Spring Hill, Dade City and Inverness where he can meet his more rural clients by appointment.  Mike can be found most often tringy disability cases at the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Clearwater and Ocala Social Security Offices of Disability Adjudication and Review. 

Since Mike also represents Social Security Disability and RRB claimants nationwide he has recently tried cases as far south as Ponce on the island of Puerto Rico and as far north as Bangor, Maine and Spokane Washington as well as in Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Lexington and Paducha, KY, Charlotte, NC, and Myrtle Beach, SC, just to mention a few reasons why mike is proud to be a Tampa Bay Law Firm with a national practice.