Kimberly Ann Murphy, Partner

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.

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Michigan State University College of Law	J.D.	Law School	2000
Michigan State University	B.A.	Economics	1995

State / Court	Date
U.S. Supreme Court	2007
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit	2003
Virginia	2000

• George Mason American Inn of Court, Member, 2012 to 2018
  MSU-DC Alumni Association, Member, 2006 to 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, 2004 – 2008; 2015 to 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, 2015 through present
  Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, 2018 through present

• AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale Hubbell since 2014
  Best Lawyers in America for 2014 for Trusts and Estates – Litigation (DC Metro Area)
  Best Lawyers in America for 2015 through 2020 for Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates – Litigation (DC Metro Area)
  Best Lawyers in America Attorney of the Year, DC Metro Area for Trusts and Estates – Litigation 2017 and 2019
  Named to Super Lawyers since 2007 (Virginia)
  Named to America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators, 2020
  Named Top Women Faculty of 2019 for Lawline

• 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.

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