Murphy, James H.

D. is a senior partner in the firm's Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Group.He has extensive experience in labor and employment law. He has frequently represented management in labor and employment cases before government agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.He has personally conducted more than 500 labor negotiations, including numerous negotiations involving factory workers, hospital employees, and public employees.D. also practices education law and represents public and private schools in Massachusetts.

He drafted a portion of the Massachusetts Labor Statute and is a founder and former management chair of the State Joint Labor Management Committee (Dunlop Commission) and the Worcester County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Committee.

D. has been named one of Massachusetts "Super Lawyers" by Boston magazine and Law & Politics every year since 2006. In 2007, the Massachusetts Municipal Personnel Association selected him as the recipient of its annual Emil S. Skop Award for outstanding contributions to human resources management.

Presently, D. is labor counsel for various private and public employers in Massachusetts and regularly advises employers on labor and employment law issues.

Human Resource Executive Magazine and Lawdragon have recognized D. as being one of the Top 100 Employment Attorneys in the United States in 2010 and 2011.He was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Labor Law.

He is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers which includes the leading labor lawyers in the United States.