Eric E. Murphy

Eric Earl Murphy (born 1979)^[1] is an American lawyer and Solicitor General of Ohio and is a nominee to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Biography

Murphy earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Miami University. He received his Juris Doctor with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. After graduating from law school, Murphy served as a law clerk to Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He then clerked for Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States. Murphy later joined the Columbus, Ohio, office of Jones Day as part of the Issues and Appeals practice group.^[2] He became the Solicitor General of Ohio under Attorney General Mike DeWine in 2013^[3] and still holds that position today.^[4]

Nomination to court of appeals

On June 7, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Murphy to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.^[4] On June 18, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Murphy to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit being vacated by Judge Alice M. Batchelder, who will assume senior status on an undetermined date.^[5] His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. In June 2018, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown said he did not plan to return a blue slip for Murphy's nomination, while U.S. Senator Rob Portman said he planned to support Murphy's nomination.^[6] On October 10, 2018 a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[7]

Memberships

He is a member of the Federalist Society.^[8]

References

External links

• Appearances at the U.S. Supreme Court from the Oyez Project