EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin Law, J.D., cum laude, 2007, Wisconsin Law Review, Senior Note & Comment Editor, 2006-07
Villanova University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2004
BAR ADMISSIONS
Louisiana
Wisconsin
MEMBERSHIPS
Louisiana State Bar Association
Wisconsin State Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Association for Women Attorneys (New Orleans)
Association for Women Lawyers (Milwaukee)
New Orleans Bar Association
Milwaukee Bar Association
National Employment Lawyers Association
Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Association of South Louisiana
Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association
Louisiana Bar Foundation
HONORS & APPOINTMENTS
Selected for inclusion in the New Orleans Magazine’s list of Top Lawyers in New Orleans, Louisiana, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Selected for inclusion in the Louisiana Super Lawyers® list, 2023 and 2024, and the Louisiana Super Lawyers® “Rising Star” list, 2014-2022.
Vice-Chair, Development Committee, Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2020-2022.
Member of Board of Directors, Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2017-2020.
Chair of the Louisiana Bar Foundation’s Greater New Orleans Community Partnership Panel, 2013-2016, member of the panel, 2010-2017.
Received the Louisiana State Bar Association Pro Bono Century Award, 2010.
PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
“Professionalism and #MeToo: The Times They Are A Changin’,” Louisiana State Bar Association’s Ethics and Professionalism Watch Your Ps and Qs Seminar, December 2018 and LJC/LSBA Joint Summer School June 2019.
“Professionalism: Design Thinking for Lawyers in Practice and Life,” New Orleans Bar Association’s 11th Hour Ethics and Professionalism Series, December 2018.
“Recent Developments in Louisiana Ethics,” Louisiana State Bar Association Trial Practice Seminar, December 2017.
“Proving Lost Profits for a New Business,” American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Business Torts and Unfair Competition Committee Spring Journal, May 2017.
“Ethics in Class Actions,” Louisiana State Bar Association Ethics and Professionalism Program, December 2010.
“Ethics and the Attorney-Client Privilege: Where Are We Heading?” Louisiana State Bar Association Ethics and Professionalism Program, December 2008.
Madison’s Minimum-Wage Ordinance, Section 104.001, and the Future of Home Rule in Wisconsin, 2007 Wis. L. Rev. 151.
“Integrated Education & Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland.” Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review, 2004.
KERRY MURPHY
Kerry Murphy is an employment attorney focusing her practice on litigation and advising on behalf of employees. She advises individuals who are negotiating employment contracts and severance agreements and employees facing possible termination from their jobs. She represents employees in cases involving employment discrimination and retaliation. She represents workers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other administrative agencies and litigates on their behalf in a range of employment matters. After many years of Louisiana practice, Kerry has recently expanded her practice to Wisconsin.
Kerry is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Wisconsin State Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the New Orleans Bar Association, the Milwaukee Bar Association, the Association for Women Attorneys, the Association of Women Lawyers, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Association of Southeast Louisiana, and the Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association. Kerry was selected for inclusion in the Louisiana Super Lawyers® list for 2023 and 2024 and to the Louisiana Super Lawyers® “Rising Star” list for 2014 through 2022. She was selected as a Top Lawyer by New Orleans Magazine in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Kerry is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and Villanova University. Prior to forming her own practice, Kerry worked at some of the New Orleans area’s premier law firms and as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Susie Morgan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Kerry is a longtime fellow and former board member of the Louisiana Bar Foundation, which provides grants to nonprofit organizations that deliver direct legal services to low-income individuals. Outside of the office, Kerry enjoys spending time with her husband and three children, running, hiking, reading, traveling, and baking.
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