Thomas W. Murphy, Attorney with Berger, Newmark & Fenchel

Thomas Murphy is of counsel to the law firm of Berger, Newmark & Fenchel, P.C. Tom has a broad-based commercial and business law practice representing publicly owned and private companies, banks and other entities, including religious and educational institutions. He also handles a wide range of real estate matters, including leasing, sales, acquisitions and other dispositions relating to commercial and industrial properties. Tom has represented banks and financial institutions in complex loan transactions, real estate acquisitions, development and construction loans and asset-based loans. Tom has represented both real estate entrepreneurs and developers with respect to the purchase, sale, acquisition and leasing of real estate projects. He has also provided legal counsel to his clients on a wide variety of corporate and commercial issues. Tom is also a member of the Firm’s Labor & Employment practice group, and he has had extensive experience representing employers before the EEOC, Department of Labor and the Human Rights Commissions in a number of different states throughout the United States. Tom has handled a variety of employment and discrimination cases, and he also counsels his clients on various aspects of state and federal civil rights legislation. Tom has also presented seminars on labor and employment issues for management personnel of his clients.

Tom has been a speaker on the National Association of Realtors’ Radio Program, "On the Homefront" and was a legal editorial consultant to the National Association of Realtors’ Journal, of Property Management. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Colonial Bank from 1988 through 1994, for which he received the "Director of Year Award" for 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Tom was also a member of the Board of Directors of Archbishop Weber High School, Chicago, Illinois, from 1998 until 2000, when the school closed, Resurrection Retreat Center from 2002 until 2009, when it closed, and he is currently a Trustee of the Weber Endowment Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of Gordon Tech High School from 2003 to the present and Interim President of Gordon Tech High School from August, 209 to October, 2009. Tom was also an instructor at The John Marshall Law School from 1980 through 1985.

Tom holds a B.S.B.A. degree in accounting from Georgetown University and received his J.D. degree, with distinction, from The John Marshall Law School in 1977. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1977, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois in 1978, the U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Claims Court, New York, in 1984. He is a member of the Illinois State, New York State and American Bar Associations.

His clients include Prospect Airport Services, Congregation of the Resurrection, Gordon Tech High School and a number of real estate developers.

Professional and Civic Involvement:

» Member, Board of Directors, Colonial Bank, 1988-1994
» Member, Board of Directors, Archbishop Weber High School,
   Chicago, 1998-2000
» Member, Board of Directors, Resurrection Retreat Center,
   2002-2009
» Member, Board of Directors, Gordon Tech High School, 2003
   to present
» Interim President, Gordon Tech High School, August, 2009 to
   October, 2009
» Trustee, Weber Endowment Foundation
» Member, Illinois State Bar Association
» Member, New York State Bar Association
» Member, American Bar Association