About the firm

Bring your case to James R. Murphy, a Certified Trial Attorney specializing in criminal law in Princeton, New Jersey.. Attorney Murphy has more than 30 years of experience in the field and provides each client with the personalized attention he or she deserves.

A true team, James and his wife, Attorney Florence V. Hughes, are highly experienced and motivated. With James as a former Assistant Prosecutor for Mercer County and Florence as a former Deputy Attorney General with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and a former Attorney with a U.S. Department of Justice Stike Force for the District of New Jersey, our firm is sure to work for the outcome that you seek.

He has been appointed by the judges of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey to represent defendants under the Criminal Justice Act for more than 25 years. That is the kind of lawyer you want on your side.

Florence is also a former Assistant VP of NJM Insurance Group, and Director of the Special Investigation Unit.