Joe Murphy is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn, where he currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. He has experience representing clients on a wide range of government contracts issues, including, cost allowability, mergers and acquisitions involving government contractors, and compliance counseling.
Prior to joining the firm, Joe delivered policy and financial analysis solutions across a number of national security positions. As the Chief of Air Force Economics in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Joe supported various elements of the Pentagon with economic and financial analysis of foreign currency forecasting, infrastructure projects, energy futures pricing, workforce shaping, and costs of Major Defense Acquisitions Programs (MDAPs). As a cost analyst with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics, Joe provided acquisition policy oversight and was the lead author of the Department of Defense Product Support Business Case Analysis Guidebook. Prior to Joe’s civil service, he served as an F-16 fighter pilot in Operation Noble Eagle.
Joe earned his J.D. from George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, magna cum laude, where he served as a member of the George Mason Law Review. Joe earned his MBA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and his undergraduate degree from Villanova University.
Joe is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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Credentials
Education:
- George Mason University - 2022 Juris Doctor
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas - 2007 Executive MBA
- Villanova University - 1998 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- District of Columbia Bar
- Virginia Bar