Thousands of victims of one of the world’s largest Ponzi and pyramid schemes will finally receive reparations from the TelexFree Chapter 11 cases which are pending in the U.S Bankruptcy Court in the District of Massachusetts.  During a hearing held on July 8, 2020, Bankruptcy Judge Hoffman approved the plan filed by Stephen Darr, the Chapter 11...

Murphy & King Shareholder Kate Cruickshank, as co-chair of the Education Subcommittee of the Boston Bar Association's Bankruptcy Section, is helping organize the upcoming BBA webinar “2020 Bankruptcy Bench Meets Bar Part 2,” taking place on June 25th from 3 to 5pm via Zoom. The webinar will have two panels: "Impact of COVID-19 Emergency...

Murphy & King, P.C. Shareholder Kathleen Cruickshank, a member of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring practice, has been named to the newly formed COVID-19 standing committee of the Boston Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section. It is expected that the COVID-19 crisis will significantly increase the number of bankruptcy cases...

Murphy & King, P.C. announced today, for the 14th consecutive year, the firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice has been recognized by Chambers and Partners in the Chambers USA 2020 rankings as outstanding among its peers in the region. Chambers, which has ranked lawyers and law firms for more than 20 years, has again

Dear Clients and Friends: As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation continues to unfold and create challenges for all of us, Murphy & King’s top priority remains the health and safety of our employees, clients and community. We are following the guidance of the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and local health...

Murphy & King, Professional Corporation announced today that William R. Moorman, Jr. has joined the firm as a Shareholder. Bill has a wide variety of experience representing companies and individuals in complex business transactions and litigation, financial restructurings, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, real estate sales and...

Murphy & King Shareholder D. Ethan Jeffery will be inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy on March 13, 2020, in Washington, DC. Attorney Jeffery will join other Fellows from the U.S. and across the globe in the College’s 31st class who are being honored...

Like judges, arbitrators are paid for their time. Judges, of course, draw a salary from the treasury, while arbitrators are paid by the parties. The freedom to choose an arbitrator best suited to the case is one of the great advantages of arbitration, but because some businesses are “repeat players,” appearing frequently before a particular...

Once again, Murphy & King Shareholder, Dan Rabinovitz will be running the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s Boston Trial Program. The program runs from Sunday December 8, 2019 through Friday December 13, 2019 at the Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Approximately 30 lawyers from throughout the country will attend, in...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the decision of the Massachusetts District Court, which adopted the Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court’s award of summary judgment in favor of Chapter 11 Trustee Stephen Darr, represented by Murphy & King, in an adversary proceeding arising out of the bankruptcies of TelexFree, LLC;...

Congratulations to Murphy & King attorneys Dan Rabinovitz and Andrea MacIver for prevailing in a gender discrimination and retaliation arbitration against international financial services giant UBS and manager, James Ducey. As a result of their efforts, their client received over $1.6 million in damages, attorneys’ fees, costs and interest....

(Boston, MA) Nine Murphy & King attorneys have been selected to the 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list and two have been selected to the Massachusetts Rising Stars list. The Super Lawyers list includes attorneys Charles R. Bennett, Jr., Daniel J. Dwyer, David L. Evans, D. Ethan Jeffery, Andrew G. Lizotte, Daniel J. Lyne, Harold B. Murphy,...

Murphy & King, Professional Corporation announced today that the Firm received top tier placement among law firms in Boston in U.S. News & World Report – “Best Law...

Murphy & King, Professional Corporation announced today that four Shareholders, Harold B. Murphy, Charles R. Bennett, Jr., D. Ethan Jeffery, and Andrew G. Lizotte, have been recognized by Best Lawyers ® in Best Lawyers in America© 2020 for Bankruptcy/Insolvency and Bankruptcy Litigation. Additionally, Bennett is named 2020 “Lawyer of the...

Murphy & King attorneys Harold B. Murphy, Charles R. Bennett, Jr., and Christopher M. Condon win key ruling in NECCO bankruptcy...

On June 6, 2019 the Honorable Judge Richard Stearns issued a 50 page opinion granting Mr. Rabinovitz’s motion for judgment of acquittal. The case was tried over the course of 2 months in the fall of 2018 resulting in Mr. Rabinovitz’s client being found guilty of conspiring to impede the governmental functions of the FDA. Based on Mr....

Murphy & King, P.C. was honored by the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project with the 2019 PAIR Project Pro Bono Detention Award at the 2019 PAIR Gala Celebration. The 2019 PAIR Gala celebrated 30 years of the PAIR Project, which provides free immigration services to indigent asylum-seekers and detained...

Murphy & King, Professional Corporation announced today that Kathleen R. Cruickshank and Christopher M. Condon have been elected Shareholders of the firm. Kathleen R. Cruickshank Ms. Cruickshank focuses her practice on representing debtors, trustees and creditors in a wide array of Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases and in...

Murphy & King, P.C. announced today that Shareholder David L. Evans has been admitted as a Fellow to the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA). The CCA, founded in 2001, “celebrates and advocates excellence in the field of commercial arbitration – in the US and internationally.” CCA Fellowship is by invitation only, extended...

Murphy & King Shareholder Ethan Jeffery recently discussed bankruptcy and financial restructuring with Ann Murphy on "OA on Air". During the interview, Attorney Jeffery reviewed a few of the reasons businesses get into financial difficulty even when the economy is good, and why it’s important to seek professional advice early.  Ethan...