<p>Eric Murphy concentrates on complex trial and appellate litigation. His experiences range from drafting appellate briefs to managing discovery, and he has argued a case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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Eric has written numerous briefs in many substantive legal areas, including labor and employment, products liability, health care, constitutional law, and federal jurisdiction. In a recent matter, for example, he drafted the successful brief in the Third Circuit arguing that pharmaceutical sales representatives qualify for an exemption from state law overtime requirements. In another matter, he helped draft the successful arguments against the city of Cleveland's attempt to hold financial institutions liable on a public nuisance theory for their role in securitizing subprime mortgages.
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Recently, Eric has focused on health care law. In one case, he represented a hospital charged with violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. He managed the complex discovery process and drafted the summary judgment brief. In addition, he has drafted an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Ohio concerning the proper interpretation of Ohio's tax-exemption statutes for charitable properties.
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Eric also gives considerable time to pro bono matters. On behalf of a pro bono client in the Sixth Circuit, for example, he successfully argued that the record failed to illustrate that his client knowingly pleaded guilty in state court. He also drafted an amicus brief on behalf of the Washington Legal Foundation, challenging federal law limiting speech about prescription drugs as a violation of the First Amendment.