Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Board Certified in DWI Defense Law, National College for DUI Defense
NCDD certification program approved by the American Bar Association and
Accredited by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Honors
Co-chair DWI Program, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2009-2010
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, April, 2009
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, March, 2008
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, April, 2007
Professionals on the Fast Track, H-Texas Magazine, 2007
Board of Directors, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2006-2009
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, January, 2006
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, July, 2005
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, July, 2004
State Bar of Texas, TYLA Ten Minute Mentor. DWI Defense, Click Here to Watch Video
Professionals on the Fast Track, H-Texas Magazine, 2006
Board of Regents, National College for DUI Defense
Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly, October, 2009.

Lead Articles
Murphy, Doug; Challenging Drug Recognition "Experts," Voice for the Defense, June, 2009.

Murphy, Doug; Catch of the Day: Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Voice for the Defense, June, 2009.

Murphy, Doug; Trichter, J. Gary; Motion of the Month: Preclusion of Prejudicial Post-Verdict Statements, Voice for the Defense, March, 2003.

Murphy, Doug; Trichter, J. Gary; Administrative License Revocation Hearings: A DWI Specialist's Primer for the General Practitioner, Texas Bar Journal, July, 2002.

Seminars where Lectured / Paper Presented

November 18-19, 2010: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Persuasive Breath Testing Bullets

October 15-16, 2010: Las Vegas, Nevada: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College for DUI Defense; DWI means Defending With Ingenuity, Voir Dire.

July 29-31, 2010: Cambridge, Massachusetts: National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, Persuasive Closing Arguments.

June 25, 2010: Beaumont, Texas, Jefferson County Bar Association – Criminal Section, Advanced DWI Practice Tips.

May 7, 2010: Dallas, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Defense Project – Obtaining Not Guilty Verdicts by Enforcing the Law, Co-Course Director, Encounters, Reasonable Suspicion & Terry Stops.

April 30, 2010: El Paso, Texas, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, El Paso Public Defenders, DWI Defense Practice Tips

April 8-10, 2010: New Orleans, Louisiana, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence.

January 5, 2010: Dallas, Texas, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Dallas Public Defenders, DWI Defense Practice Tips

November 12-13, 2009: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Blood Search Warrants.

July 16-19, 2009: Cambridge, Massachusetts: National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School.

April 16-18, 2009: New Orleans, Louisiana, National College of DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence.

March 5-6, 2009: Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, Trying a Breath Test Case Like the Pros Do.

December 11-12, 2008: Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute, Shooting Down the Drug Recognition Program.

October 24, 2008: Rutland, Vermont, Vermont Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, Challenging Drug Recognition "Experts".

August 15, 2008: Houston, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 6th Annual Top Gun DWI Seminar: An Accident/No Test Trial - From Start to Finish, Effective Use of Experts.

October 2 - 4, 2008: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Challenging Drug Recognition "Expert" Evidence.

June 26 - 28, 2008: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 21st Annual Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Advanced Course, Challenging Drug Recognition "Experts".

March 27 - March 30, 2008: Dallas, Texas, National College of DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Challenging Drug Recognition "Experts".

November 2 - 3, 2007: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Challenging Drug Recognition "Expert" Evidence.

September 13 - 14, 2007: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, Attacking Drug Recognition "Expert" Evidence.

November 2, 2006: San Antonio, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced DWI Seminar, Administrative License Revocation Hearings.

August 25, 2006: Sherman, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, co-course director.

March 30 - April 1, 2006: Dallas, Texas, Mastering Scientific Evidence, National College of DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

November 3-4, 2005: San Antonio, Texas, Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced DWI Seminar, Evidence in a DWI Case: Objections and Proffers.

July, 2005: Houston, Texas, Top Gun DWI Seminar, Rules of Evidence in a DWI Case.

November, 2004: Murphy, Doug, DWI Defense, State Bar of Texas, TYLA Ten Minute Mentor video program. Click Here to Watch Video

July 2, 2004: Tyler, Texas: Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, 10 Silver Bullets for a DWI Case.

April 30, 2004: Sugar Land, Texas: Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, Texas Rules of Evidence.

March 19, 2004: San Antonio, Texas: Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Defense, Rules of Evidence in a DWI Case.

January 23, 2004: Port Aransas, Texas: Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, DWI Evidence.

October 17, 2003: Beaumont, Texas: Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, DWI Evidence.

July 23-26, 2003: Cambridge, Massachusetts: National College of DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School; Evidence in a DWI Case: Objections and Proffers.

May 9, 2003: Dallas, Texas: Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association DWI Seminar; Administrative License Revocations.

January 31, 2003: Amarillo, Texas: Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, Administrative License Revocations.

June 30 - July 7, 2001: Tambor, Puntarenas, Costa Rica: Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Driver's License Administrative Revocations in Drunk Driving Cases.

Bar Leadership and Professional Associations
College of the State Bar of Texas
National College for DUI Defense
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
Texas Young Lawyers Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association

Legal Education
Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas. J.D. (1999).

Law School Honors and Activities
American Jurisprudence Award, Federal Jurisdiction (1998)
CALI Academic Excellence Award (1998/1999)
American Jurisprudence Award, Bankruptcy Practice (1998)
National Mock Trial Team, (1998/1999)
Intern, Hon. Manuel D. Leal, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (1998)
Board of Advocates (1998/1999)
1st Place, ATLA Annual Mock Trial Competition (1999)
ATLA Regional Mock Trial Championship, Austin, Texas (1999)
1st Place, Intramural Mock Trial Tournament (1999)
Semi-Finalist, Board of Advocates Mock Trial (1998)
2nd Place, ATLA First Annual 2L Mock Trial Championship (1998)

Undergraduate Education
West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas. B.S. Political Science, (1994)
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Honors and Activities
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Arizona State University.
Dean's List.

Personal
Born: August 23, 1969, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hobbies include mountain biking, road biking, and golf.