George Patrick Murphy (born December 1, 1948) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
G. Patrick Murphy
Illinois Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Born 1948 in Carbondale, IL
FJC ID: 2766
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Illinois Southern District Court · 1998–2013
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Marion, Illinois1978–1998, 2013–present
U.S. Marine Corps1966–1969
Appointments
1998–2013 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1978- Southern Illinois UniversityB.S. · 1974