Reinhart Attorney John M. Murphy Named Fellow of American Bar Foundation

MILWAUKEE – Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Shareholder John M. Murphy has been named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Established in 1955, the Fellows comprise a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities.

Fellows are recommended by their peers and elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation. Membership in the Fellows is limited to one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction.

A shareholder in the firm’s Real Estate Practice, Murphy has extensive transactional experience in acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, real estate finance and sale/leasebacks. His work includes negotiating and drafting complex documentation, supervising due diligence and working through easement and property tax issues in real estate transactions. His clients include lenders, borrowers, developers, buyers, sellers, tenants, landlords and joint ventures.

Murphy earned his J.D, cum laude, from the University of Chicago Law School, his Ph.D. and M.A. form the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his B.A. from the University of Illinois. He is also an adjunct professor of law at Marquette University Law School, where he teaches a course on advanced contract drafting.