Draft:Randall Murphy

Randall Raymond Murphy (born September 29, 1954) is an American Indian and European descended legal scholar who is currently a professor at La Verne College of Law, specializing in Federal Indian Law and Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation. He is a former Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice, a former Judge Pro Tem with the Los Angeles County Superior Courts, and a former Tribal Partnership Census Bureau government liaison.

Early life and education

Randall is the youngest son of the late Elston Dale Murphy and late Jean Murphy; Randall was raised on a farm in Nebraska. Elston Dale Murphy was born in Cherokee country in the Cookson Hills outside Tahlequah, Oklahoma, near the Cherokee nation. Elston Dale is descended from the Murphys listed on the Dawes Rolls as Cherokee and Choctaw. Jean Murphy, originally Jean Chandanay, is descended from Quebecois who moved to Rivière-du-Loup in Quebec province, Canada in the 1700s.

Murphy worked his way through college by working for the Union Pacific railroad, often studying for classes during the night shift in the train's caboose by the light of a single lantern. Murphy ultimately graduated with a double BA in Political Science and History from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. While in college, Murphy became involved in various American Indian civil rights organizations, and spent time on and off reservations throughout the American midwest. Murphy's family lives on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where Murphy visits annually for ceremonial and family purposes.

After completing his undergraduate degree, Murphy attended Yale Law School, graduating with his Juris Doctorate. While in law school, Murphy was an editor of the Yale Journal of International Law and was a steering committee member for the Native American Law Students Association.

Legal Career

Immediately after graduating Yale Law School, Murphy traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan during the Soviet-Afghan War, and was the Assistant to the Independent Counsel for International Human Rights during the negotiation and drafting of the proposed constitution for postwar Afghanistan.

Murphy went on to work for Jones Day in Manhattan, where he worked in corporate mergers and acquisitions. He then took a job at a California private law firm, before ultimately joining the California Department of Justice.

Murphy departed the DOJ to work for the United States Census Bureau as a Tribal Partnership Liaison, and is now a law professor at La Verne College of Law in California.

Publications

The Framers’ Evolutionary Perception of Rights: The Use of International Human Rights Norms as a Source for Discovery of Ninth Amendment Rights, 21 Stetson L.Rev. 423 (1992)

Countering Cultural Isolation: Increasing the Numbers of Native Law Students and Lawyers, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, 2019-2020 Review (presented at August 23, 2019 conference, Seattle, Washington)

Honors

Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services, 1996 – 1997

Representative Reported Cases

Hunter v. Hydrick, 129 S. Ct. 2431 (2009)

Hydrick v. Hunter, 500 F.3d 978 (9th Cir. 2007), vacated and remanded by Hunter v. Hydrick, 129 S. Ct. 2431 (2009)

Cal. Pharmacists Ass'n v. Maxwell-Jolly, 563 F.3d 847 (9th Cir. 2009)

In re Calhoun, 121 Cal. App. 4th 1315 (2004)

In re Mille, 182 Cal. App. 4th 635 (2010), rev. denied, 2010 Cal. LEXIS 4868 (Cal. 2010)

People v. Ciancio, 109 Cal. App. 4th 175 (2003)

Cranford v. Henderson, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17470 (C.D. Cal. 2008)

Gonzales v. Mayberg, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67858 (C.D. Cal. 2009)

Cranford v. Quigley, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105498 (C.D. Cal. 2008)

Cranford v. Long, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84444 (C.D. Cal. 2008)

Liddell v. Moncada, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56697 (C.D. Cal. 2008)

Court Admissions

Connecticut State Bar (1989)

New York State Bar (1990)

California State Bar (1993)

U.S.D.C., Central District of California

U.S.D.C., Southern District of California

U.S.D.C., Eastern District of California

U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York

U.S.D.C., Eastern District of New York

Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals

Second Circuit Courts of Appeals

United States Supreme Court

Professional Service

Murphy has served extensively as a Pro Bono Attorney, providing Legal Services for the Elderly in New York City, Child Advocacy work in Los Angeles, and served as a member of the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission. He is currently the Chair of the LANAIC Self-Governance Board, in which capacity he has served since 2020. Murphy has also been a member of the National Native American Bar Association since 1990.

Community Service

Randall is currently serving as the Director of the Wawokiye Foundation. The Wawokiye Foundation is a 501c3 organization dedicated to raising funds, toys and awareness for people on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservations in South Dakota. Murphy previously served as a Councilman for the Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council, and served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Los Angeles County Superior Courts.

Teaching Experience

California Department of Justice, Internal Presentations:

Federal Civil Procedure: Class Action Litigation, California Department of Justice, 2011

Section 1983 Defense of State Actors in Federal and State Courts, 2001, 2004, 2010

Qualified Immunity After Iqbal, 2010 (re, Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009)

Cultural Conversations, Presentations on Native American Cultural Awareness, 2015, 2016

La Verne College of Law Classes:

Federal Indian Law

Civil Rights Enforcement

Law of the Police