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Brian R. Murphy

Dinse
  • Recognized Since:
    2011
  • Recognized in:
    Corporate Governance Law
    Corporate Law...
  • Law School:
    Suffolk University
  • Website:
    http://www.dinse.com
  • Location:
    209 Battery Street
    P.O. Box 988
    Burlington, VT 05402-0988

Mr. Murphy has served as the firm's Managing Partner since April 2010, but maintains a full practice with 20 years of broad-ranging experience in corporate and tax matters, described below.

Mr. Murphy is a corporate and tax attorney concentrating in counseling closely-held businesses and their owners and nonprofit organizations. He is active in counseling clients on formation and structuring issues (including decisions with respect to the selection of the proper entity for effecting business and investment transactions), executive compensation and 409A compliance, tax planning, and representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Tax Court. Mr. Murphy served a key role in Vermont's adoption of the first L3C statute in the country, testifying before the Vermont legislature on behalf of the Vermont Bar Association concerning the legal features of the new "low profit limited liability company" model. As an experienced Delaware attorney, Mr. Murphy is also active in forming, merging, dissolving, and otherwise operating Delaware corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and business trusts.

Prior Experience:

Prior to joining the firm in 1999, Mr. Murphy was a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware law firm of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, a nationally recognized firm in corporate takeover disputes and large Chapter 11 bankruptcies. Prior to practicing law in Delaware, Mr. Murphy practiced for six years as a certified public accountant with the Boston Office of Ernst & Young, LLP.

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Mr. Murphy has served as the firm's Managing Partner since April 2010, but maintains a full practice with 20 years of broad-ranging experience in corporate and tax matters, described below.

Mr. Murphy is a corporate and tax attorney concentrating in counseling closely-held businesses and their owners and nonprofit organizations. He is active in counseling clients on formation and structuring issues (including decisions with respect to the selection of the proper entity for effecting business and investment transactions), executive compensation and 409A compliance, tax planning, and representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Tax Court. Mr. Murphy served a key role in Vermont's adoption of the first L3C statute in the country, testifying before the Vermont legislature on behalf of the Vermont Bar Association concerning the legal features of the new "low profit limited liability company" model. As an experienced Delaware attorney, Mr. Murphy is also active in forming, merging, dissolving, and otherwise operating Delaware corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and business trusts.

Prior Experience:

Prior to joining the firm in 1999, Mr. Murphy was a partner in the Wilmington, Delaware law firm of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, a nationally recognized firm in corporate takeover disputes and large Chapter 11 bankruptcies. Prior to practicing law in Delaware, Mr. Murphy practiced for six years as a certified public accountant with the Boston Office of Ernst & Young, LLP.

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Education:

  • Suffolk University , J.D., graduated 1991
  • Providence College, BS, graduated 1984

Bar Admissions:

  • Vermont, Vermont Bar Association
  • Delaware, Delaware State Bar Association

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Burlington (2020)
  • Corporate Law, Burlington (2019)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Burlington (2017)
  • Corporate Law, Burlington (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Nonprofit / Charities Law
 

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Dinse
http://www.dinse.com
 
Headquarters
209 Battery Street
P.O. Box 988
Burlington, VT 05402-0988
(802) 864.5751
 
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