Ms. Murray brings impressive advocacy and negotiating skills to all stages
of a criminal proceeding. On numerous occasions, through meticulous investigation,
marshaling of the facts and presentation of mitigating circumstances,
she has successfully persuaded prosecutors to refrain from indicting her
clients, to dismiss pending charges or to offer very favorable plea bargains.
In trial cases, she has creatively and vigorously litigated discovery,
suppression, dismissal and evidentiary motions, tirelessly investigated
defenses, and won a substantial number of acquittals. At sentencing, she
has frequently challenged sentencing guideline calculations with success
and, hiring mitigation specialists where appropriate, she has achieved
a substantial number of sentences below the applicable sentencing guideline.
In addition to her work in criminal cases, Ms. Murray has represented
whistleblowers, witnesses and targets before a variety of investigative
bodies, including the U.S. Congress, the Department of Justice, the Securities
and Exchange Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the New York Attorney
General’s Office and the New York State Tax Department. She has
also counseled individual and corporate clients with regard to internal
corporate investigations.
Previously, Ms. Murray was a litigation counsel at O’Melveny &
Myers LLP in New York and a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison LLP. She was also a trial lawyer with the Federal
Defenders’ Office for the Eastern District of New York for five
years. In 1999, Ms. Murray spent a year in Cambodia working as a provincial
human rights advisor with the United Nations High Commission for Human
Rights.
A native of Ireland, Ms. Murray is admitted to practice in New York State
courts, the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the Second
Circuit.
Education
- • University of Cambridge (England), LL.M, 1990 (First Class Honors)
- • University College Cork (Ireland), B.C.L., 1989 (First Class Honors)
Teaching Experience
- • Adjunct Professor in Legal Writing Program, Brooklyn Law School, 1996-97
- • Adjunct Professor of Business Law, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, 1995-96
Other Professional Activities
- • Program Co-Chair, “Healthcare in New York’s Federal Prisons,” Roundtable Discussion at the New York City Bar, June 26, 2008
- • Program Chair, “Lawyers in the Dock: When Does Good Lawyering Become Criminal Conduct,” CLE Program at the New York City Bar, February 16, 2006
- • Member, Criminal Justice Act Panel, Southern District of New York (2006-present)
- • Member, Criminal Justice Act Panel, Eastern District of New York (2004-present)
- • Member, Criminal Law Committee of the New York City Bar (2005-present)
- • Member, Board of Editors, White Collar Crime Reporter (a West-Thomson Publication) (2007-2008)
- • Member, Board of Directors of the Irish-American Bar Association (2000-present)
- • Member, New York Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York State Defenders Association
