Christine Murphy is a personal injury trial attorney with the Jaklitsch Law Group in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, where she has practiced since 2016. She represents people hurt through the negligence of others, and she handles a notable share of cases involving ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft.
Before moving to plaintiff work, Murphy served as a homicide prosecutor in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The firm reports that she brings close to 20 years of trial experience and has taken more than 150 cases to a jury. The Daily Record has named her one of Maryland’s Leading Women, and The National Trial Lawyers has listed her among its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff attorneys each year since she joined the firm, along with its Top 25 National Women Trial Lawyers and Top 25 Brain Injury Lawyers.
Murphy sits on the Board of Directors of the Prince George’s County Bar Association and serves as president of the Prince George’s County Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association. A Queens, New York, native, she studied at American University and its Washington College of Law and has lived in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., area for more than 25 years.