Lois E. Murphy

Professional career

• Judge of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania, elected in 2009, and serves as the Administrative Judge of the Orphans’ Court Division
• Trial and appellate litigator with the U.S. Department of Justice under Attorney General Richard Thornburgh in the Civil Division

Education

Additional information

• Judge Murphy presides over the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas and, since 2015, has been the Administrative Judge of the Orphans’ Court
• In 2016, she received the Hon.
• overseeing matters such as adoptions, termination of parental rights, guardianships, will contests, trusts, estates, minor estates, and nonprofit-related cases.
• She is also a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Advisory Council on Elder Justice in the Courts and co-chair of the Orphans’ Court Section of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges