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Jim Murphy

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jmurphy@bradley.com
Nashville P: 615.252.2303 F: 615.252.6303
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Brenda Farmer
P: 615.252.3518 bfarmer@bradley.com
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  • Biography
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News
  • 34 Bradley Attorneys Honored as "Lawyer of the Year" in 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
    8/21/2024
    Firm News
  • Bradley Partners Jim Murphy and Tom Trent Featured in Nashville Business Journal for Work on Oracle's $1.2 Billion Tech Campus
    4/29/2021
    Nashville Business Journal
    Media Mention
  • Bradley Partner Jim Murphy Quoted in Nashville Business Journal on Oracle's Record-Setting Proposal for Waterfront Tech Campus in Nashville
    4/28/2021
    Nashville Business Journal
    Media Mention
Publications
  • Expansion of Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility
    4/30/2020
    Economic Development News
    Client Alert
  • Conducting Public Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    4/7/2020
    Economic Development News
    Client Alert
  • House Ways and Means Chair Camp Releases Comprehensive Tax Reform Proposal
    3/3/2014
    Governmental Affairs Newsletter
    Client Alert
Past Events
  • 22nd Annual Tennessee Commercial Real Estate Seminar
    5/8/2024
    2024 Landlord Tenant Seminar
    Event
  • TIFs, Tips and Tricks
    10/25/2019
    2019 TNECD Governor’s Conference
    Event
  • Best Practices in Granting and Defending Incentives
    11/2/2018
    Tennessee GovCon: Economic & Community Development
    Event
Area(s) of Focus
  • Real Estate
  • Environmental Law
  • Zoning & Land Use
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Economic Development & Renewable Energy
  • Telecommunications & Utilities
  • Governmental Affairs
  • Environmental Regulatory, Transactional & Litigation
  • Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation
  • Public Finance
  • University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1981
  • University of Tennessee Knoxville, B.A., 1977, cum laude
  • Tennessee
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee

American Bar Association

Tennessee Bar Association

Nashville Bar Association

Nashville Bar Foundation

National Association of Bond Lawyers

University of Tennessee Board of Trustees, 2003-2016

Vice Chair, 2008-2011, 2015

Executive and Compensation Committee, Chair, 2008-2011

Audit Committee, Chair, 2007-2008

Trusteeship Committee, Chair, 2005-2007, 2011-2015

Presidential Search Advisory Committee, Chair, 2003-2004

Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Charter Revision Commission, 2009-present

Nashville Sports Council

Board of Directors, Past Chair, 2009-2011; Chair, 2007-2009

Legal Counsel, 2005-2007, 2011-present

University of Tennessee National Alumni Association, Legislative Advisory Committee, 2006-present

Nashville NHL All-Star Games, Inc., Co-Chair, 2014-present

Tennessee Wireless Association, Co-Vice President, 2012-present

Accolades

Chambers USA 2025 Badge

2025 Best Lawyers Badge

LOY James Murphy 2025

LOY James Murphy 2024 

Jim Murphy Lawyer of the Year 2022

Jim Murphy Lawyer of the Year 2022

James L. Murphy, 2021 Lawyer of the Year

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Award Badge

Super Lawyers 2024 Badge

Nashville Bar Foundation, Fellow  Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® Economic Development Law, 2014-2025 Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, 2015-2025 Land Use and Zoning Law, 2007-2025 Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, 2011-2025 Municipal Law, 2007-2025 Real Estate Law, 2010-2025 "Lawyer of the Year," Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, 2021 "Lawyer of the Year," Municipal Law, 2015, 2022, 2025 "Lawyer of the Year," Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2025 "Lawyer of the Year," Economic Development Law, 2018, 2024 Listed in Chambers USA, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use, 2008-2025 Listed in Business Tennessee, "150 Best Lawyers," Zoning/Land Use, 2008, 2010 Listed in Nashville Business Journal, “Best of the Bar," Real Estate Zoning/ Land Use, 2011-2012 Listed in Nashville Post, "Nashville's 101 Top Lawyers," 2011 Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Land Use/Zoning, 2011-2024 University of Tennessee Alumni Service Award, 2016 Assisted Johnson City Development Authority on multiple tax increment financing transactions within Johnson City’s Downtown Redevelopment District. Represented Metropolitan Government in structuring incentives for convention center hotel. Represented medical services provider in obtaining property tax abatement for office facilities. Represented for-profit hospital in obtaining property tax abatement for new hospital Represented wireless telecommunications tower owner to acquire permanent easements or obtain lease extensions for existing wireless telecommunications tower sites. Represented redeveloper of shopping center in structuring tax increment financing for mixed use project. Assisted wireless telecommunications tower in obtaining approval for a tower extension pursuant to the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act on 2012, Pub. L. 112-96 enacted on Feb. 22, 2012 (now codified at 47 U.S.C. § 1455(a)). Steele v. Industrial Development Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County , 950 S.W.2d 345 (Tenn. 1997) - Represented Metropolitan Government in Establishment Clause challenge to industrial development bonds issued on behalf of religiously-affiliated educational institution. KLN Associates v. Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency , 797 S.W.2d 898 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990) - Defended validity of land use restrictions contained in redevelopment plan. Durrett Investment Co., LP v. The City of Clarksville, Montgomery County (TN) Circuit Court, No. MC CC CV OD11-1105. - Successfully defended City on a regulatory taking claim arising from an 8-month moratorium on development within potential corridor for future connector road governments. Consolidated Waste Systems, LLC v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, No. M2002-02582-COA-R3-CV, 2005 WL 1541860 (Tenn. Ct. App., June 30, 2005) - Successfully challenged zoning ordinance adopted to prevent client’s development of a construction and demolition landfill. Custom Land Development, Inc. v. Town of Coopertown , 168 S.W.3d 764 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004) - Represented landfill developer seeking to resume operation of nonconforming use. Waste Services of Decatur, LLC v. County of Lawrence , No. M2011–01947–COA–R3–CV, 2012 WL 3329621 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 14, 2012) - Represented vendor in successful challenge of award of contract for solid waste management services. French v. Boner , 963 F.2d 890 (6th Cir. 1992) - Defended challenge to 1991 redistricting plan for Metropolitan Council. Jordan v. Knox County , 213 S.W.3d 751 (Tenn. 2007) – Represented Knox County Election Commission in challenge to term limits provision of Knox County Charter. State ex rel. DeSelm v. Jordan , 296 S.W.3d 530, 533 (Tenn.Ct.App.2008) - Represented Knox County Election Commission in action seeking to have county elections involving term-limited officials declared void, the winners ousted, and new elections held.
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