Terry Murphy has represented employers for more than 30 years in all aspects of labor and employment law, including:
- Discrimination and employment jury trials
- Employment class actions
- Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission litigation
- National Labor Relations Board proceedings
- Collective bargaining
- Labor arbitration
- Complex transaction advice
He practices regularly in multiple federal district courts and has extensive knowledge of:
- Title VII
- The Americans with Disabilities Act
- The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- The National Labor Relations Act
- Executive Order 11246
- Public sector bargaining laws
In recent years, Terry has:
- Represented a major trucking company in EEOC pattern-and-practice sex discrimination litigation
- Defended retail chains, oilfield drilling companies and life insurers in asserted nationwide collective actions under FLSA
- Defended a Fortune 100 manufacturing company in a nationwide age discrimination class action
Formerly, the Assistant General Counsel of a Fortune 12 manufacturing company, Terry counsels employers on wage and hour matters, human resource practices and policies, affirmative action, reductions-in-force, workplace investigations and corporate transactions. His clients include hospitals, universities and manufacturing companies.
Terry regularly speaks on labor and employment law issues for the American Bar Association and other groups. He has been a chapter editor and senior editor of the Employment Discrimination Law (BNA).
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- Member, EEO Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section - American Bar Association
- Member, Litigation Section - American Bar Association
- Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law - New York Bar Association
- Member, American Employment Law Council
- Member, New York Management Attorneys Conference
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
- Director, Waynesburg University
- President, Board of Trustees - Shadyside Presbyterian Church
- Member, Board of Directors - Coalition for Christian Outreach
RECOGNITION
- Named, The Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2013
- Named, International Who's Who of Management Labour and Employment Lawyers - Who's Who Legal, 2009-2012
- Named, America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Chambers USA, 2004-2012
- Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Named, Cambridge Who's Who
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
- January 8, 2013Littler Report
- September 7, 2012Littler Press Release
- June 12, 2012Littler Press Release
- January 20, 2012Littler Report
- September 12, 2011Littler Press Release
- July 11, 2011Littler Press Release
- June 27, 2011Littler Press Release
- February 8, 2011Littler Press Release
- June 2002A Comment on Forced Employee RankingsThe Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol. 10, No. 6
- October 1998What Every Employer Should Know About Supreme Court Rulings on Sexual HarassmentProvider, Vol. 24, No. 10, American Health Care Association
- 1983Protected Concerted Activity and Refusals to Work34 Labor Law Journal 654, CCH
- 1983Labor Relations Law, 1982 Survey34 Syracuse Law Review 345
- 1980Labor Relations Law, 1979 Survey31 Syracuse Law Review 347
- 1979Labor Relations Law, 1978 Survey30 Syracuse Law Review 129
- 1977Impasse and the Duty to Bargain in Good Faith39 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 1
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
- Employment Discrimination Law, 2010 Supplement, associate editor, BNA, 2010
- Employment Discrimination Law, 2009 Supplement, associate editor, BNA, 2009
- Employment Discrimination Law, 2008 Supplement, executive editor, BNA, 2008
- "Seniority," Employment Discrimination Law, Chapter 17, 4th Ed., BNA, 2007
- "Separation Agreements," Employment Law Deskbook for Human Resources Professionals, Chapter 37, contributing author, West Group, 2001 and 2005
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- May 10, 2012The EEOC's Expanded Agenda and Systemic Initiative: What Employers Can Expect During the Coming Year
The 2012 Executive Employer® Conference, Littler Mendelson, Scottsdale, AZ - 2012Scope of EEOC Investigations
National Conference on EEO Law, Labor and Employment Law Section - American Bar Association, San Francisco, CA - September 22, 2011The 2011 Health Care Summit
Littler Mendelson, Pittsburgh, PA - September 5, 2011Review of the Supreme Court's Labor and Employment Law Decisions in the 2010-2011 Term
Allegheny County Bar Association, Pittsburgh, PA - May 18, 2011Employment Class Actions: The Trends, The Law, and What You Can Do About It
Littler Mendelson, Pittsburgh, PA - 2011New and Expanded Challenges in Dealing with the EEOC and OFCCP
American Employment Law Council, Ojai, CA - November 3, 2010Wage and Hour Collective Actions: What You Need to Know
Pennsylvania Bar Institute and Employment Law Institute West, Pittsburgh, PA - September 17, 2010Human Resources Issues
HR Executives' 2010 Conference - NCCN, Buffalo, NY - September 14, 2010The Supreme Court's 2009-2010 Term: A Review and Analysis of Key Labor & Employment Decisions
Allegheny County Bar Association, Pittsburgh, PA - April 6, 2009Gender Discrimination Class Actions
Law Seminars International, Washington DC - 2009Valuing Employment Cases
2009 Employment Law Institute West - Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA - 2009Force Reductions in a Declining Economy
National Conference on EEO Law, Labor and Employment Law Section - American Bar Association - 2007Practical Observations on Use of Employment Agreements
Annual Conference, Labor and Employment Law Section - American Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA - 2006ADA Update: Responding to the Most Difficult Challenges in Real-Life Employment Settings
National Conference on EEO Law, Labor and Employment Law Section - American Bar Association
