Stephen Joseph Murphy III
| Stephen Joseph Murphy III | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
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Assumed office August 18, 2008 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Patrick J. Duggan |
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Stephen Joseph Murphy III September 23, 1962 St. Louis, Missouri |
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Marquette University (B.S.) Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D.) |
Stephen Joseph Murphy III (born September 23, 1962) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Murphy was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Marquette University in 1984 and a Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1987. During his time at Saint Louis University School of Law, Murphy edited the law review, served on the Moot Court Board, and won the White Family Fellowship in Public Law.
Following law school, Murphy served as a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice from 1987 to 1992, hired under the prestigious Attorney General’s Honors Program. Murphy worked in the Civil and Tax Divisions in Washington, D.C. where he defended various federal agencies and prosecuted criminal tax cases in federal district courts throughout the United States. Next, Murphy worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Detroit from 1992 to 2000 where he prosecuted and tried various violent crimes, narcotics offenses, and several high profile white-collar criminal cases in Detroit's federal court. Following his time as Assistant United States Attorney, Murphy was an attorney with the General Motors Legal Staff in Detroit from 2000 to 2005, where he specialized in litigation, internal investigations, counseling on various business law issues, and other "white collar" matters. He served during that period as a public arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers.
On March 9, 2005, Murphy began serving as the United States Attorney in Detroit, Michigan, pending full Senate confirmation. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on June 8, 2005. He was preceded by Jeffery Collins. During his term, Murphy worked to create innovative programs regarding national security and child protection issues. He also strove to strengthen the US Attorney’s ties with federal and local law enforcement and with the community at large. Overseeing operations in Detroit, Flint, and Bay City, Murphy led one of the largest and busiest US Attorney’s offices in the country. During this time, Murphy also chaired the local U.S. Attorney General’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Committee and the Michigan High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (“HIDTA”) group. On June 28, 2006, President George W. Bush nominated Murphy and Raymond Kethledge to fill two vacancies on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Murphy was to occupy a seat made vacant by the death of Judge Susan Bieke Neilson. At the time of the nomination, Republicans maintained a majority of seats in the Senate. However, following the 2006 midterm election, nominations stalled.
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