Michael J. Murray joined the firm in 2016 and practices from the Newport office located in the Historic Billings Coggeshall House (1748). Michael’s practice concentrates mainly in the areas of residential real estate transactions, executive corporate relocation land use matters, estate planning and administration and related litigation.

Michael is a graduate of De La Salle Academy in Newport, Rhode Island and The College of the Holy Cross (A.B.1973). He graduated from the University of New Hampshire School of Law in 1980 after completing four years of active duty with the United States Navy.

After graduation from law school, Michael served as a Law Clerk in the Federal District Court of Rhode Island before entering private practice. Michael has served as a Special Master in the Rhode Island Superior Court for Real Estate Disputes, as a Hearing Officer for the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training and Assistant Disciplinary Counsel for the Rhode Island Supreme Court (1988 Term). He was Honorably named a Certified Member of the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association in 1984. He is admitted to practice before all State and Federal Courts in Rhode Island and the United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

Michael has served as a member of the Newport Historic Distric Commission and as a Trustee for the Fort Adams Trust and the Newport Art Museum. He is a Commander, United State Navy Reserve, Retired.