Nick Murphy

Nick Murphy

  • Of Counsel
  • Washington, DC

OVERVIEW

Nick is Of-Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Hausfeld LLP. Nick is an experienced litigator with over fifteen years of civil and criminal litigation experience in the government and private sector who has successfully first and second chaired numerous trials to guilty verdict.He has extensive experience leading every phase of litigation, from initial case investigation and pleading, to discovery management, dispositive motion practice, settlement negotiation, fact and expert witness development, trial, and appeal. Much of this experience was borne from Nick’s six years in the Eastern District of Virginia’s (Alexandria Division) “rocket docket,” where he prosecuted complex criminal matters under accelerated time frames. His experience also includes litigating complex antitrust, technology, and cybersecurity litigation and data breach incidents. Nick is well-versed in all sides of complex litigation, having represented the United States and both defendants and plaintiffs in a wide-variety of high-stakes criminal, commercial, technology, and data privacy matters at all stages of litigation. Nick has been recognized with multiple awards and an Outstanding Service Commendation by the Attorney General for his successful advocacy on behalf of some of our most vulnerable populations during his time as a prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice. As a member of Hausfeld’s pioneering cybersecurity practice, Nick is committed to advancing the law on behalf of vulnerable victims concerning issues of technology, privacy, and data security.

Prior to representing clients in private practice, Nick served for 6 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia's Alexandria Division, where he investigated and prosecuted violent crimes and civil rights crimes, including investigations involving the use of wire-taps and translating, decoding and interpreting surreptitious communications related to large-scale trafficking of firearms and narcotics. Nick also served as the Alexandria Division's Project Safe Neighborhood coordinator, which is a federal program devoted to reducing violent crime.

Prior to joining the USAO, Nick served for 7 years as an Honor's Program Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. He worked on criminal matters in the Criminal Section, focused on hate crimes and police misconduct, and worked on civil matters in the Educational Opportunities Section, focused on desegregation, Title IX equality, bullying and harassment, and the school to prison pipeline. Representative matters from his time at DOJ include the investigation of Dylann Roof for the murders of African-Americans at a church in Charleston, the investigation, prosecution, and conviction at trial of a sheriff's deputy for the use of excessive force on a detainee, and the investigation and entry of a consent decree with City of Philadelphia Public Schools to resolve bullying of Asian-American students at a local high school.

Nick received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Dartmouth College and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as an editor on the Law Review. After law school, Nick clerked for the Honorable Petrese B. Tucker of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Working towards a diverse, equitable, and inclusive world is paramount to Nick who is an active member of our Racial Justice working group and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee. He is also a frequent speaker on issues relating to civil rights and government investigations.

Clients

Nick represents clients seeking recoveries for antitrust and consumer protection violations in complex civil litigations.

Experience