Kathleen Murphy Jones

Kathleen graduated from the American University in Washington D.C. in 1982 with a a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Thereafter, she practiced as a registered nurse for 12 years, primarily in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California. During her tenure as a nurse, she was a member of many specialized medical teams that provided care to critically ill patients, such as the Trauma Team, the Heart Transplant Team, the Artificial Heart Team and the Code Blue Team. She also served as a mentor to new nurses and as the Staff Developer and was responsible for providing continuing education to the nursing staff.

In 1993, Kathleen graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law, passing the California bar exam that same year. She began her legal career at the law firm of Neil, Dymott, Perkins, Brown & Frank, specializing in medical malpractice defense litigation. In 1995, she joined the law firm of Harrison, Kemp & Jones in Las Vegas and expanded her practice to include plaintiff medical malpractice, mass tort litigation and catastrophic personal injury cases. In 1997, Kathleen passed the Nevada State Bar examination and opened her own law firm in Las Vegas, focusing her practice on medical malpractice and nursing licensure and defense cases. In 2007, she formed a partnership with her son, Kevin C. Murphy, and opened the law offices of Murphy Jones LLP with two locations: San Diego and Las Vegas. The firm's main practice area is to represent and defend Nurses and other healthcare practitioners facing licensing issues or disciplinary actions.