619 2nd Ave S Great Falls, MT 59405
Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
Phone: (406) 452-2345
About Matthew J. Murphy
Nobody ever wants to need an attorney. Unfortunately, sometimes bad things happen to good people.
If you’re looking for an attorney, Matt Murphy wants you to understand that, while there are competent general practitioners, they are the exceptions to the rule.
Think about it like this:
If given the choice between a family physician and a spine surgeon, who would you want to perform surgery on your spine?
Expertise and experience matter in legal situations, too.
Matt has a decade of experience aggressively representing clients in the areas of workers’ compensation, Social Security disability, and personal injury law.
Meet attorney Matthew J. Murphy
Case verdicts and settlements
The Murphy Law Firm recovered millions in wrongfully denied benefits:
While past results cannot guarantee a positive outcome in your case, it can give you insight into this attorney’s prior successes.
Biography
Matthew (“Matt”) J. Murphy is a partner and shareholder at Murphy Law Firm in Great Falls, Montana. He brings a lot of energy to everything he does, aggressively representing clients in the areas of workers’ compensation, unsafe workplace, personal injury, wrongful death, trucking & auto accidents, brain injuries, employment, and Social Security disability law.
Matt received the Montana Trial Lawyers’ Association’s Outstanding New Lawyer Award in 2018-2019. More recently, he was honored with an appointment to the Rules Committee of the Montana Workers’ Compensation Court.
Matt grew up in Great Falls and graduated from Charles M. Russell High School in 2004. He completed his undergraduate degree in political science at the University of Montana in 2009. During his undergraduate years, Matt studied international law in Rome, Italy.
Before entering the University of Montana School of Law in 2010, he taught English in Costa Rica and interned at Montana Legal Services in Missoula, a pro bono non-profit offering free legal services to persons in need. He earned his Juris Doctor and joined Murphy Law Firm in May 2012.
Matthew Murphy was selected to the 2024 Mountain States Rising Stars list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice and only available via peer reviewed performance. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Mountain States receive this distinction. In 2025, he was elected to serve on the Board of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Montana’s pre-eminent plaintiff attorney organization.
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Education and experience
University attended
University of Montana (2009)
Law school attended
University of Montana School of Law (2012)
Bar admissions and certifications
- State Bar of Montana (2012)
- U.S. District Court District of Montana (2000)
Memberships
- Cascade County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Montana Trial Lawyers Association
- Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group
Honors and awards
Montana Trial Lawyers Association Outstanding New Lawyer Award (2018 – 2019)
Board of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association (2025)
Spoken languages
English
Additional resources
- Visit our Montana Injury law firm
- Matt Murphy presents at MTLA convention on workers’ comp basics
- Matt Murphy honored with MTLA’s outstanding new lawyer award
- Opioid medication for injured workers or victims of personal injury
- Work-related injuries in health care
- Attorney Matt Murphy’s Interview With Montana’s New Workers’ Compensation Court Judge, Lee Bruner
Publications and media appearances
- “Class I Impairment Benefits After Hensley,” Trial Trends, Summer 2021 Edition
- “Automated Vehicles and the Future of Auto Torts,” Trial Trends, Autumn 2020 Edition
- Can Montana First Responders Get Workers’ Comp for PTSD?
- How SSD and Workers’ Comp Interact in Montana
- Know Your Rights in a Montana Light-Duty Work Dispute
- Representing Undocumented Workers in Montana: A Historical and Legal Perspective
- The Future of Workers’ Compensation MSA’s in the Wake of Loper Bright (overruling Chevron)