Office Location
1050 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530
T 516.408.1600
F 516.408.1601
li@hpmb.com
Areas of Practice
Healthcare & Risk Management
General Liability & Commercial Litigation
Medical Liability Defense
Education
St. John’s University, School of Law: JD: 2004
Rutgers University, Rutgers College: BA: Magna Cum Laude: 2001
Bar Admissions
New York
Laura S. Murphy
Partner
A partner with HPM&B, Laura S. Murphy has been with the firm since 2006. In 2008, she joined the firm’s Garden City Team. Since that time, she has been supervising and training junior attorneys and support staff. She became partner in 2014. Laura specializes in the defense of medical, podiatric, chiropractic, and dental claims, and she defends both individual and institutional health care providers in these practice areas. Her work includes litigating all aspects of complex cases once suit is initiated. She is also experienced in the defense of general liability claims.
She is a member of the New York State Bar Association.
Verdicts & Cases
Laura S. Murphy Obtains a Unanimous Defense Verdict in Supreme Court, Kings County
On July 7, 2022, Laura S. Murphy obtained a defense verdict in Kings County Supreme Court in a podiatric surgery case. This case involved allegations of negligence against a podiatrist in the performance of osteotomies via minimal incision surgery...
Read MoreLaura S. Murphy Secures a Directed Verdict in Civil Court in New York County
Laura S. Murphy obtained a directed verdict on behalf of a podiatrist in a podiatric/medical malpractice case in Civil Court, New York County on April 19, 2022. Plaintiff claimed that the defendants failed to diagnose,...
Read MoreAll claims against a Physical Therapist dismissed
In April of 2014, all claims against a Physical Therapist were dismissed on the eve of trial after Laura S. Murphy and her team successfully moved to dismiss them on the grounds that the action was improperly pled as sounding in general...
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