Anthony K. Murdock

My practice is focused on protecting individuals’ and businesses’ property rights. Whether those rights are affected by disputes arising out of construction projects, real estate transactions, property insurance disputes, or business matters. Most of my clients are homeowners, construction professionals, and small business owners.

The aspect of being a lawyer that I enjoy the most is that I am constantly learning new things. I strive to immerse myself into the legal and factual issues of a particular case to better serve my clients. This means that I often find myself out in the field, investigating a construction project or inspecting a home. I am not afraid to get dirty, and through my representation of various clients, I have been in underground steam tunnels, inside the ductwork of power plants, standing in basements that are backed up with water or worse, walking through mold-contaminated houses, and climbing on more roofs than I can count. I get great satisfaction from preparing and implementing a successful strategy, and my hands-on approach helps me do this. I am competitive, and I like to win.

My clients  tend to first reach out to me when they need help resolving a dispute or want me to represent them in a lawsuit, or when they need help fighting an insurance company that has threatened to deny coverage or underpay an insurance claim.

I have represented individuals and businesses in matters involving insurance coverage, insurer’s duty-to-defend, homeowner’s and business owner’s insurance. I also represent homeowners and construction companies related to the issues that arise out of construction projects. I have helped many clients obtain favorable out-of-court resolutions, but I welcome the challenge of trial, having  tried numerous cases to judges, juries, and arbitrators in several jurisdictions.

A few examples of my representative cases include:

• Obtaining a federal court verdict in excess of $1.2 million, which included bad faith damages, for local homeowners whose insurance company improperly denied their insurance claim.
• Obtaining coverage under a CGL policy for a local real estate development and property management company that had been sued by former tenants for mold and dust mite injuries.
• Recovering insurance funds for a local bank for an employee dishonesty claim after the bank discovered that one of its former employees had stolen money through check forgeries.
• Obtaining CGL coverage for a contractor whose subcontractor's faulty construction allowed water to infiltrate a home and cause property damage
• Successfully presenting a fire claim on behalf of a homeowner whose insurance company had threatened to deny the claim.
• Winning jury verdicts on behalf of contractor facing claims of defective construction
• Winning an arbitration award of $215,000 for a homeowner on defective construction claim against homebuilder.
• Winning trial verdict on belalf of real estate seller accused of non-disclsoure of defects 

Insurance Coverage Law, Construction Law, Commercial Litigation