Liam G.B. Murphy
Shaw & Murphy, PLLC
Shaw & Murphy is a general practice law firm focused on providing high-caliber, personal and commercial legal service to clients in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier of New York.
We are a general practice on purpose: We believe clients benefit from a broad view of the law. We understand, for example, how divorce, custody, visitation and child support impact your business or that buying a house can also impact your estate planning.
Our lawyers and paralegals work together to provide clients with cost-effective solutions. We offer our wide experience in many areas of the law and our varied life experiences as tools for our clients. We then actively listen to clients to identify their needs and collaborate with our clients to find appropriate comprehensive solutions that meets the client’s goals.
Call us or email us to put our experience to work for you.
- New York University School of Law
- J.D. (1988)
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- Activities: Law Clerk to Prof. Andreas Lowenfeld
- Brown University
- B.A. | Economics
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- Honors: With honors in Economics
- Managing Partner
- Shaw & Murphy, PLLC
- - Current
- We believe in the strength of general practice. We listen and work with clients to grow their families and businesses and make choices tailored to their facts and needs. We bring high-caliber, personal and commercial legal service to clients in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier of New York. Our experienced lawyers and paralegals listen and work together with clients to craft cost-effective solutions. Call us or email us to put our experience to work for you.
- Managing Partner
- Ward & Murphy
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- My staff and I specialize in partnering with our clients to meet the needs of their lives: helping them organize their business, buying homes, building assets, helping with family problems and resolving conflict. I encourage clients to explore alternative conflict resolution, including negotiation, mediation and Collaborative Law before engaging in litigation. For more details about the ways I have helped clients, please see my website.
- Associate and Senior Counsel
- Morris and Morris
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- Responsible for investigation of numerous securities class actions and litigation of those lawsuits to successful results. Please see my resume on my website for details.
- Associate
- Cohen & Grigsby
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- Successfully briefed a motion to dismiss under the Trust Indenture Act. Responsible for resolving tax-driven interpleader action in a three month period by successfully convincing both lawyers and claimants to coordinate their claims.
- Law Clerk and associate
- Dechert Price & Rhoads
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- Worked on general corporate litigation matters, including a leading role in a project for the New York Stock Exchange Project - Responsible for review, analysis and successful prosecution of six brokers, including drafting formal statement of basis for investigation, customer interview, drafting document requests, deposition of brokers and supervisory personnel and presenting proposals for prosecution.
- Empire State Counsel
- New York State Bar Association
- Given in recognition of pro bono service rendered. Award received 2007, 2008, 2009
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- Member
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- Estate Planning Council of Tompkins County
- Member
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- Tompkins Cortland Community College
- Member, Estate Planning Advisory Committee
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- Tompkins County Bar Association
- Member
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- Groton Business Association
- Member
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- Activities: Director 2002-2004
- New York
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Credit Cards Accepted
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- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights
- DUI & DWI
- Education Law
- Elder Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- General Civil
- Small Claims
- Collaborative Law