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    Terence Murphy

    Member • Chair of Government Contracts & Construction • Co-Chair of Government Contracts & Defense Industries
    Office: Norfolk
    Admissions: Virginia

    T (757) 624.3139

    F (888) 360.9092

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    Biography

    Terry is Chairman of the firm’s Government Contracts and Construction Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Litigation Section. His practice includes contracts counseling and dispute resolution before state and federal courts, Boards of Contract Appeals, the Government Accountability Office and in arbitration and mediation. He has been regularly recognized by Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers and Legal Elite by Virginia Business Magazine who recognized him in a profile in December 2011 as the top construction lawyer in Virginia.

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    Representative Matters

    • Represented contractor in Government Accountability Office protest of $300 million ship repair contract
    • Represented general contractor in state court against owner regarding construction of $27 million Judicial Center
    • Represented owner on differing site conditions claim at City museum against contractor, architect and owner’s insurance carrier
    • Represented quality control subcontractor in federal district court action by general contractor’s surety involving blasting and painting project
    • Represented contractor before Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on claims regarding $15 million warehouse expansion project
    • Represented contractor in small business size protest before Small Business Administration and federal district court
    • Drafted and negotiated construction and design contracts for various commercial projects
    • Served on statewide PPEA Working Group to review Commonwealth of Virginia PPEA Model Guidelines

    Recognition & Honors

    • Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2024
    • Top Lawyers; CoVaBIZ, 2017-2023
    • America’s Leading Business Lawyers; Chambers USA; Construction Law, 2022-2023
    • Virginia’s Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2004, 2007-2022
    • Virginia Super Lawyers; Law & Politics, 2006-2021, 2023
    • Norfolk Litigation – Construction Lawyer of the Year; Best Lawyers in America, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018
    • Law Clerk; Judge Walter E. Hoffman, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1981-1982
    • AV® Rated; Martindale-Hubbell

    Associations

    • Virginia State Bar; Former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Construction and Public Contract Law Section
    • Virginia Bar Association; Past Member, Executive Committee of the Construction and Public Contract Law Section
    • American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry; Public Contract Law Section
    • Tidewater Association of Service Contractors; General Counsel, Past President
    • Tidewater Government/Industry Council; Large Business Representative
    • Virginia Ship Repair Association; Former Member of Board of Directors
    • Associated General Contractors of Virginia
    • Associated Builders & Contractors of Virginia, Inc.
    • Professional Services Council; Member

    Education

    • State University of New York College at Cortland; B.A., magna cum laude, 1978
    • University of Virginia School of Law; J.D., 1981

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