Benjamen W. Murphy
Managing Partner
Location:
Merrillville, Indiana
Phone:
888-646-6657
219-682-1053
219-682-1053
Fax:
219-769-2991
E-mail:
Areas of Practice
- 75% Criminal Defense
- 25% Plaintiffs Personal Injury
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Indiana, 1998
- Illinois, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1998
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
Education
- Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana
- J.D. - 1998
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
- A.B. - 1995
- Major: Business Economics and Public Policy
Representative Cases
- Schaefer v. State, 750 N.E. 2d 787 (Ind. Ct. App. 2001)
- Carr v. State, 790 N.E. 2d 599 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003)
- Lee v. State, 826 N.E. 2d 131 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005)
- Edmonds v. State, 840 N.E. 2d 456 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006)
- Plesa v. Edmonds ex. rel. Edmonds, 717 N.E. 2d 951 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999)
- Gold v. Ishak, 720 N.E. 2d 1175 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999)
- Sikora v. Fromm, 782 N.E. 2d 355 (Ind. Ct App. 2002)
- Helsel v. Hoosier Ins. Co., 827 N.E. 2d 155 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005)
- Porter County Sheriff Dept. v. Guzorek, 857 N.E. 2d 363 (Ind. 2006)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Indiana Bar Association
- Lake County Bar Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- American Association for Justice
