--- title: "Brian Edward Murphy | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-edward-murphy" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Brian Edward Murphy U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts - State: Massachusetts - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - American judge serving on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate on December 2, 2024 - Partner at Murphy & Rudolf LLP (2011–2024; firm also known as Murphy & Vander Salm LLP 2012–2016) ### Education - a J.D. in 2006 from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and held the role of editor-in-chief of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review - B.A. in 2002 from the College of the Holy Cross ### Additional information - On March 20, 2024, President Biden nominated Murphy to replace Judge Patti B. Saris, who was assuming senior status. - Private practice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 2011-2024 - Bar advocate supervisor, Worcester County [Massachusetts] Bar Advocates, 2015-2019 - Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009-2011 - Murphy was born in Columbia, Maryland in 1979. - John J. Moakley U.S. Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way, Suite 2300, Boston, MA 02210 Courtroom: 12, 5th Floor (Courthouse). ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761899) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761899) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761899) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Murphy, Brian Edward](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761899) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-edward-murphy", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-edward-murphy", "name": "Brian Edward Murphy | KnowJudges", "description": "Brian Edward Murphy, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.