The Hon Bernard Michael MURPHY
Judge, Federal Court of Australia: 13.6.2011
Location: Melbourne
Bernard Michael Murphy was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia in June 2011.
Justice Murphy graduated from Monash University and was admitted as a practitioner in 1980. He was Senior Partner of law firm Slater and Gordon from 1990 to 1995, and Chair of law firm Maurice Blackburn from 2005 until appointment to the Court. He practised initially in common law litigation, then industrial law, and from 1998 he headed Maurice Blackburn’s national class actions practice specializing in class action litigation relating to directors’ duties, corporate conduct, and cartel conduct. He conducted, supervised or advised on more than 30 class actions in this period.
He is a senior fellow of the University of Melbourne, lecturing in class action law.
