Duane Morris LLP partner Carla N. Murphy has been elected to the board of directors of the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore. A nonprofit corporation dedicated to creating a more vibrant downtown community for Baltimore businesses, property owners, residents and employees, the Downtown Partnership increases investment, retains business, solves transportation challenges, improves parks and green space and creates workforce development opportunities.

“As a long-time Baltimore City resident, I look forward to working with Downtown Partnership on a whole host of projects to grow and promote downtown Baltimore,” said Murphy.

Murphy practices in the area of employment law, advising employers in various industries concerning hiring, wage-and-hour issues, disciplinary action, due diligence reviews, family and medical leave laws, disability accommodation laws, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, termination, competition, privacy and other business-related torts. In addition, Murphy provides management training and offers litigation avoidance advice to employers, encouraging the development of employment policies and agreements, which includes employee handbooks, arbitration agreements, non-competition and trade secret agreements, employment contracts, and separation and severance agreements. She has defended numerous clients in business and employment-related suits before state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.

As reflected in her 1,000-page publication, Maryland Employment Law Forms and Practice Manual, Murphy offers a practical focus as she counsels clients on the wide range of day-to-day legal issues relating to the employee/employer relationship. She also applies her experience from presiding over disciplinary and post-termination cases as a part-time hearing officer for the Baltimore City Civil Service Commission to effectively represent her clients in alternative dispute resolution and litigation matters.

Murphy is a 2000 graduate, with honors, of the University of Maryland School of Law, where she was associate editor of the Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, and a summa cum laude graduate of Lafayette College.

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