J. Logan Murphy, Florida Fellow and Board Member of the American Bar Foundation, has been appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to become a judge for the Hillsborough County Court. Murphy has been a shareholder at Hill Ward Henderson since 2019, and previously served as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge James D. Whittemore.
Murphy is an active member of the legal community at both the local and national levels. In addition to serving on the ABF Board of Directors, he is the Immediate Past Chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and an advisor on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility. His regional engagements include the Florida Bar Association, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.