Joseph Murphy

Staff Attorney

(415) 638-8827

My Legal Practice

I am a staff attorney at Outten & Golden, where I support the firm's nationwide plaintiff-side class action and complex litigation practice.

I earned my Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where I graduated on the Dean’s Honor List and received the Pacific Law Scholarship. I am an active member of the State Bar of California.

Prior to joining Outten & Golden, I gained legal experience at the Conflict Criminal Defenders Office in Sacramento, California, where I represented indigent clients in criminal defense matters, drafted motions and legal memoranda, and argued before judicial officers. I also interned at Jeannée Mikula & Partner, a law firm in Vienna, Austria, where I conducted cross-border legal research and advised clients on matters involving real estate, corporate, and family law.

I received my undergraduate degree in Political Science from Gonzaga University.

Credentials

  • B.A., Gonzaga University
  • J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
  • Admitted in California
  • Member, California Lawyers Association (CLA)

My Story

I grew up in the Bay Area, where I volunteered at Loaves & Fishes in San Jose. That early experience sitting across from people navigating serious hardship clarified something for me — I want to do work where the stakes are real for real people. At Gonzaga I built homes with Habitat for Humanity in Spokane and did an international service immersion in Guatemala. Those experiences reinforced that showing up and doing the actual work, consistently and without fanfare, is what matters.

I am also drawn to the international dimension of legal practice — law operating across borders and cultures but always returning to the same fundamental questions about fairness and accountability. That scope has shaped the direction I want to take my career. Outten & Golden’s work brings those threads together — rigorous legal work in service of people who need it most, at a scale that can change conditions for entire groups of workers at once.

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