Michael Roland Murphy (born August 6, 1947) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 23/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 444/year
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1995–2012
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, Salt Lake City, Utah1973–1986
Law clerk , Hon. David T. Lewis · 1972–1973
Appointments
- 1995–2012 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1972- Creighton UniversityB.A. · 1969