David Murphy manages the firm’s real estate and commercial contract drafting, negotiations, and dispute resolution matters. Additionally, David assists clients with the selection of proper business organizational structures, business succession and tax planning, acquisition and disposition, and estate planning matters.

Prior to the Law Offices of Murphy & Associates, Mr. Murphy worked with Bibby, McWilliams & Kearney, managing client’s business, commercial, real estate matters, estate planning, and energy transactions. Additionally, David worked with Umatiya Law as a business consultant assisting with the organizational structure of the firm’s clients, negotiating commercial transactions and drafting the related agreements, and conducting title research. David also worked at the Exxon Mobile/Qatar Petroleum joint venture Golden Pass LNG, where he worked in the Commercial, Regulatory, and Legal Departments reviewing and drafting contracts, conducting research regarding regulatory and compliance concerns related to pipelines and terminal facilities, and assisting the development of the company’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act procedures and compliance documents.

Prior to practicing law, David’s experience includes more than fifteen years evaluating real estate transactions and developments. Mr. Murphy worked with landowners and municipal governments navigating the regulatory maze involved in the creation and planning of surface developments, while managing the financial and operational concerns of regional lending companies.

David received his J.D. from South Texas College of Law. He is based in Houston, Texas, and can be reached at  or by phone at .