During his career, Rick Murphy, Co-Practice Group Leader of Sutherland's Litigation Practice Group, has represented organizations in various industries, including banking, factoring, telecommunications, transportation and nuclear energy, in court and in various forms of alternative dispute resolution. As the senior litigator in Sutherland's Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Team, Rick's particular emphasis over the years has been on disputes involving creditors' rights and bankruptcy-related issues. Rick has substantial experience in domestic and international arbitration proceedings. In recent years, he has represented clients in arbitrations concerning the completion of projects involving the remediation of radiological contamination in manufacturing facilities and interpretation of technology licensing agreements. He also has substantial recent experience in the area of worker classification under both state and federal law. Rick serves as Partner-in-Charge of the firm's Washington, D.C., office. Representative Experience Rick's extensive representative experience includes: · Advising a number of the firm's energy trading clients in connection with the bankruptcies of significant participants in the markets for electricity and natural gas. · Representing multiple clients in domestic and international arbitration proceedings involving a wide range of issues. · Advising and representing clients in matters concerning the proper classification of workers for federal and state employment tax purposes. Recent Publications · Co-author, "Worker Misclassification: The Next Big Legal Concern?" Employee Relations Law Journal, Wrights Reprints (Winter 2007) Industries Construction News Sutherland Launches WorkerClassification.com
Web Site Addressing the Classification of Today's Workforce...
April 28, 2009 "Attorneys: Prisoners Want to be Repatriated"
Litigation attorneys Rick Murphy, Brian Spahn and Kristin Wilhelm urge U.S. government to release Yemeni detainees held at Guantanamo to their home country.
March 17, 2008 Daily Report Legal Alerts Legal Alert: Dodd-Frank Act Creates Significant Changes in Bankruptcy Law Affecting Derivatives and Other Trading Counterparties
September 22, 2010 Legal Alert: European Court of Justice Rejects Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel
September 17, 2010 Legal Alert: Lessons Learned as Court Denies Motion to Dismiss FLSA Collective Action That Alleges Financial Advisors Misclassified as Independent Contractors
August 18, 2010 Legal Alert: Lehman Brothers Ruling Calls into Question Enforceability of Cross-Affiliate Netting in Bankruptcy
May 18, 2010 Legal Alert: Supreme Court Clarifies Key Portion of Diversity Jurisdiction Statute
February 25, 2010 Legal Alert: Court Reverses Prior Ruling That Commodity Supply Contract Is Not Swap Agreement Under Bankruptcy Code
February 13, 2009 Legal Alert: Supreme Court Rejects Pre-Confirmation Tax Exemptions
June 18, 2008 Legal Alert: Court Determines Commodity Supply Contract Is Not Swap Agreement Under Bankruptcy Code
August 14, 2007 Publications Worker Misclassification: The Next Big Legal Concern?
Winter 2007 Reprinted with permission, Employee Relations Law Journal, Wrights Reprints Client Groups Energy Trading, Marketing & Financial Companies |