Kimberly Ann Murphy | Partner

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About Kimberly

Kimberley Ann Murphy, Esq., has been a partner and principal attorney of the law firm of HALE BALL MURPHY, PLC Carlson Baumgartner Murphy, PLC, in Fairfax, Virginia, since 2005. She had been an Associate with the firm since being admitted to the Virginia State Bar in October 2000. Attorney Murphy concentrates her practice in the areas of Elder Law (contested guardianships), Estates and Trusts Litigation, and Business/Civil litigation. She has appeared on numerous occasions before many circuit courts throughout the Commonwealth, in addition to the Court of Appeals of Virginia and the Supreme Court of Virginia, as well as the Virginia Department of Health Professions and Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. In 2007, Attorney Murphy was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Attorney Kimberley Murphy has published an article with the Virginia Bar Association’s Wills, Trusts & Estates section as well as presented a seminar for funeral professionals for the International Order of the Golden Rule. She has presented CLE’s for Virginia CLE, the Fairfax Bar Association and National Business Institute. She was named to Best Lawyers in America for 2014 for Trusts and Estates – Litigation, and 2015 and 2016 for Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates – Litigation, with a Lawyer of the Year distinction for Trusts and Estates – Litigation for 2017 and 2019. She attained an AV-rated peer review in 2014 for Martindale Hubbell, and has been named to Super Lawyers since 2007. She is listed as one of Lawline’s Top Women Faculty of 2021 for their program Free Britney: Understanding Incapacity, Abuse & Guardianships.

HALE BALL MURPHY, PLC is proud to be passionate about its ethics and forging connections with other ethical attorneys around the world. This includes our membership with LawPact, a non-profit organization and association of business law firms located across the globe. If you would like to speak to any of our elder law, estate and trust, or business attorneys, contact us today.

Admission

Verified U.S. Supreme Court

2007

Verified U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

2003

Verified Virginia

2000

Education

Michigan State University

B.A. (Economics)

1995

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • George Mason American Inn of Court, Member, to
    2012 / 2018
  • MSU-DC Alumni Association, Member, to
    2006 / present
  • MSU-DC Alumni Association, Executive Board (Secretary),
    2006-2008
  • The Virginia Bar Association, Wills, Trust & Estates, Administrative Law and Elder Law Sections, Member
  • American Bar Association, Litigation and Law Practice Management Sections, Member
  • Fairfax Bar Association, Wills, Trusts & Estates Section, Co-Chair, – ; to
    2004 / 2008 / 2015 / 2016
  • Fairfax Bar Association, Wills, Trusts & Estates Section, Member
  • Virginia Women Attorneys Association
  • National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
  • Virginia Association of Elder Law Attorneys
  • Litigation Counsel of America, through
    2015 / present
  • Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, through
    2018 / present
Honors / Awards
  • AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale Hubbell since
    2014
  • Best Lawyers in America for Trusts and Estates – Litigation (DC Metro Area)
    2014
  • Best Lawyers in America for through for Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates – Litigation (DC Metro Area)
    2015 / 2020
  • Best Lawyers in America Attorney of the Year, DC Metro Area for Trusts and Estates – Litigation and
    2017 / 2019
  • Named to Super Lawyers since (Virginia)
    2007
  • Named to America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators
    2020
  • Named Top Women Faculty of for Lawline
    2019

Notable Work

Publications

Fiduciaries & Counsellors Beware – A Lesson in Good Faith & Prudence, Virginia Bar Association, Fall, .

2004


Proactive Measures that Protect Funeral Professionals from Liability, International Order of the Golden Rule, June, .

2005


Sex Offender Registration Statutes and the Use of Writs of Habeas Corpus, Michigan State University Law Review .

2000

Hale Ball Carlson Baumgartner Murphy PLC Highlights

Business, Employment, Bankruptcy & Debt, Accident & Injury, Criminal, Business Successions; Collection; Commercial Leasing; Contract; Corporate Governance; Credit & Debt; Directors & Officers; Dissolution; Employee Rights; Employment Contracts; Foreclosure; Franchising; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Companies; Workout; Mediation; Non-profit; Partnerships; Reorganization; Shareholders' Rights; Science, Technology & Internet; Transactions; Uniform Commercial Code; Employment; Wrongful Termination

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