About Frances
Frances Murphy earned her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School in 2013 after beginning her legal research in 2010. While in law program she took on courtroom-aspect roles that uncovered her to federal procedures and trial practice. Those early experiences shaped the realistic approach she brought to her first post-graduate positions.
Her earliest legal work included internships and a clerkship that coincided together with her time at law program. In 2011 she served as a legal intern at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The following year she held a legal intern position at the United States Lawyer s Office and worked as a law clerk at Tanoury, Nauts, McKinney & Garbarino, PLLC. These assignments allowed her to watch judges, litigators and the daily mechanics of case management.
After earning her J.D., Murphy joined Garan Lucow Miller in 2014 as an attorney. At that company she treated matters on behalf of firm clients and developed courtroom familiarity and case-preparation skills. Those years in a bigger company setting gave her repeated exposure to client counseling, legal proceedings pacing and bargaining beneath strain.
In 2019 she opened Fran Murphy Law PLC. Establishing her own practice marked a shift from working interior a longtime firm to managing the full variety of duties that come with running a small law office. As principal, she oversees client intake, case strategy and court representation. She attracts on her clerkship and in advance firm knowledge when preparing things for trial and when advising clients on procedural choices.
Murphy is licensed to practice in Michigan and has built a Michigan-primarily based practice over extra than a decade of legal work. Colleagues describe her as someone who applies realistic court knowledge to the wants of clients, balancing legal proceedings readiness with efforts to get to the bottom of disputes the place appropriate. She has persisted to take on things that require awareness to procedural detail and courtroom advocacy.
Her professional trail runs a clean line from court internships and a law clerkship thru firm practice and ultimately to her personal firm. That development informs how she manages instances today. Her recent practice makes a speciality of serving clients across Michigan thru Fran Murphy Law PLC.
