Jonathan Murphy

Jonathan Murphy is a partner with the White Plains law firm Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, and he is chair of the firm’s construction law practice and co-chair of its environmental law practice. Mr. Murphy is an experienced trial attorney who has successfully obtained favorable jury verdicts in complex, high exposure cases. He is also a skilled advisor to clients on construction and environmental matters. Mr. Murphy’s clients include multinational manufacturers, construction companies, subcontractors, owners, developers, architects, engineers, major oil companies, local petroleum vendors, UST manufacturers, chemical distributors, dry cleaning companies, and other trades and businesses. He represents construction clients (owners, general contractors, subcontractors and design professionals), both as claimants and respondents, in litigation, at trial, and in arbitrations. Mr. Murphy also drafts and negotiates contracts for clients involved in private and government projects and provides legal guidance throughout a project’s life. He handles environmental matters for both corporate and insurance clients, in litigated claims as well as direct administrative agency proceedings with federal, state, county and local environmental agencies. Mr. Murphy counsels clients on environmental risks, enforcement implications and regulatory requirements in a variety of business and transactional settings. His substantive areas of practice include CERCLA/RCRA, TSCA, CWA, New York’s Navigation Law, and other environmental and regulatory enforcement exposures presented by federal, state and local environmental regulations. He is a graduate of Hobart College and Brooklyn Law School.