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Kieran T. Murphy

Associate Albany

Kieran is an associate in the firm’s Litigation group. He has experience working in various areas, including antitrust class actions, complex commercial litigations, internal corporate investigations, and bankruptcy proceedings.  Prior to joining Hinckley Allen, Kieran worked in the Litigation department of a large global law firm in New York City.  He maintains an active pro bono practice, and is passionate about participating in the firm’s numerous diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Kieran graduated from Albany Law School, where he served as the Executive Director of the school’s Moot Court Program, an Editor of the Albany Law Review, and as President of the Class of 2020.  In 2019, Kieran was a finalist in the New York State Bar Association and American Arbitration Association’s annual arbitration competition, where he was also the recipient of the Judith S. Kaye Advocate Award.  Before law school, Kieran received a B.S. in Integrative Neuroscience and B.A. in Economics from Binghamton University.

Experience

  • Successfully represented a real estate development company in efforts to place an Albany-based commercial lender into permanent receivership and recover a multi-million dollar line of credit deposit.
  • Successfully represented a conglomerate of financial institutions in the dismissal of a Chapter 15 adversary proceeding pertaining to issues concerning a large-scale sale-leaseback transaction.
  • Conducted numerous internal investigations for large corporations before various regulatory agencies (including the SEC, FINRA, and PCAOB).
  • Served as counsel to a special investigation committee before the SEC related to certain ethical allegations at a major accounting firm.
  • Represented a French bank in a multi-party antitrust class action pertaining to the alleged manipulation of certain foreign debt vehicles.
  • Represented a financial services holding company during the novel PROMESA proceedings related to the restructuring of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
  • Represented an athletic company in a suit against a major fitness manufacturer for intellectual property violations.
  • Pro bono work includes the representation of an incarcerated individual bringing Eighth Amendment claims, which Kieran tried to a verdict in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Credentials

Work Experience

  • Hinckley Allen
    • Associate (2023-present)
  • Milbank LLP
    • Associate (2020-2023)
  • The Honorable John C. Egan, Jr., NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division – Third Dep’t
    • Judicial Extern (2019)
  • The Honorable Thomas J. McAvoy, Northern District of New York
    • Judicial Extern (2018)

Honors & Awards

  • Milbank LLP Pro Bono Honors Award, 2021
  • Capital District Trial Lawyers Association Prize, 2020
  • National Order of Barristers, 2020
  • Albany Law School Robert A. Barker Award, 2020
  • New York State Bar Association Judith S. Kaye Advocate Award, 2019
  • Phi Alpha Delta Outstanding Advocate Award, 2018

Charitable & Civic Involvement

  • Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra
    • Concertmaster (2014-2017)

Professional Affiliations

  • Federal Court Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Albany County Bar Association

Bar Memberships

  • New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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Hinckley Allen Successfully Forces Albany Lending Company into Permanent Receivership

Hinckley Allen represents Compass-Charlotte 1031, LLC (“Compass-Charlotte”), in a federal dispute in the Northern District of New York against Prime Capital Ventures LLP (“Prime”), Berone Capital Fund LP (“Berone Capital”) and other related Def…

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Firm expands Litigation Practice in New York

Hinckley Allen is pleased to continue its expansion in New York with the hiring of Kieran T. Murphy as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group in the Albany office. He has experience working in various areas, including complex commercial litigations,…