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Gigi Murphy

Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2026                                  

  • Delaware Today Top Lawyers, 2023                              

  • Delaware Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Civil Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation, 2019-2020                                         

  • Barnes & Thornburg Joseph Maley Pro Bono Award, 2018                                                                                 

  • Penn Law’s Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award                                                               

  • United States Foreign Service Meritorious Honor Award for management of the Refugee Office at the American Consulate General in Hong Kong during time of crisis.

Gigi is an experienced trial attorney in high stakes patent and commercial litigation in federal and state courts around the country. Deeply respected for her ability to establish relationships, quickly analyze client needs, and develop winning strategies, Gigi uncovers critical evidence and persuasively argues and resolves complex cases.


Gigi represents clients from individuals to key market players across diverse industries in small cases to multi-million dollar disputes.  She also advises other attorneys seeking Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania local counsel. Gigi’s successes include helping win dismissal of a proceeding against a leading U.S. supplier of coated optical fibers at trial before the International Trade Commission, helping secure a $394 million dollar win in a patent jury trial for a major global heart valve maker, and leading the team representing one of the largest big box retailers in the U.S. to win summary and a subsequent appeal in a Lanham Act proceeding.
 

A former diplomat with the U. S. Foreign Service and former international business consultant, Gigi continues her dedication to public service by maintaining an active pro bono practice. Her advocacy includes obtaining reversal before the Delaware Supreme Court of the termination of a young father’s parental rights and subsequently winning custody of the child for the father at the trial court level, obtaining multiple protection from abuse orders for battered women, and representing prisoners asserting civil rights violations.

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Community

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President of the Board, Central New York Ballet

Former Board Member, Sarasota Cuban Ballet School

Long-time board member and Treasurer, Survivors of Abuse in Recovery in Wilmington, Delaware. 

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Member:

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The Florida Bar

Federal Bar Association

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law

        School, cum laude

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  • St. Joseph’s University, B.A. International Relations,

        summa cum laude

Clerkships

  • Clerk, Hon. Walter K. Stapleton,

       United States Court of Appeals for

       the Third Circuit

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  • Extern, U.S. Attorney's Office,

       Wilmington, Delaware

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  • Intern, Hon. Kevin Carey,

       United States Bankruptcy Court,

       District of Delaware

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  • Intern, Hon. Thomas L. Ambro,

       United States Court of Appeals

       for the Third Circuit

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Representative Experience

Admissions

  • Leading team representing one of the largest big box retailers in the U.S. in winning summary judgment and a subsequent appeal in a Lanham Act proceeding;

  • Helping win dismissal at trial of an International Trade Commission patent proceeding against a leading U.S. supplier of coated optical fibers;

  • ​Representing gold standard wholesale drug distribution accrediting organization in successful injunctive proceeding in federal court in New Jersey 

  • ​​Assisting leading global heart valve maker in winning $394 million dollar patent jury trial in federal court in Delaware 

  • Assisting internet search patentee in a multi-million dollar jury trial in federal court in Delaware 

  • Representing global leader in automotive dealer management systems in variety of commercial litigation proceedings in federal court in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, and California

  • Representing small auto dealer in contract and tort claims dispute in state court in Florida

  • Successfully representing numerous large retailers in defense of product liability suits in Pennsylvania and New Jersey state courts 

  • ​​Representing global leader in machine monitoring technology in patent litigation in federal court in Houston, Texas 

  • Representing leading maker of impact dispersion technology in injunctive proceeding and patent and trade secret litigation in federal court in Delaware 

  • Representing video compression technology company in trade secret misappropriation case in state court in Nevada 

  • Representing pro bono client in successfully overturning death penalty sentence post-conviction relief proceeding in state court in Delaware 

  • Representing seriously mentally ill pro bono client in prisoner rights case concerning his lengthy incarceration in solitary confinement

  • ​​Obtaining reversal before Delaware Supreme Court of wrongful termination of a young father’s parental rights and subsequent winning custody of the child for the father at the trial court level

  • ​Obtaining numerous protection from abuse orders for battered women.

  • Delaware

  • Florida

  • New Jersey

  • Pennsylvania

  • United States District Court for the District of Delaware

  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

  • United States Supreme Court

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