Honors
Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, April, 2007.
Professionals on the Fast Track, H-Texas Magazine, 2007.
Board of Directors, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2006-2009.
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, January, 2006.
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, July, 2005.
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Texas Monthly, July, 2004.
State Bar of Texas, TYLA Ten Minute Mentor. DWI Defense, Click Here to Watch Video
Professionals on the Fast Track, H-Texas Magazine, 2006.

Lead Articles
Murphy, Doug; Trichter, J. Gary; Motion of the Month: Preclusion of Prejudicial Post-Verdict Statements , Voice for the Defense , March, 2003.

Murphy, Doug; Trichter, J. Gary; Administrative License Revocation Hearings: A DWI Specialist's Primer for the General Practitioner , Texas Bar Journal , July, 2002.

Seminars where Lectured / Paper Presented
November 2, 2006: San Antonio, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced DWI Seminar, Administrative License Revocation Hearings.

August 25, 2006: Sherman, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, co-course director.

March 30 - April 1, 2006: Dallas, Texas, Mastering Scientific Evidence, National College of DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

November 3-4, 2005: San Antonio, Texas, Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced DWI Seminar, Evidence in a DWI Case: Objections and Proffers.

July, 2005: Houston, Texas, Top Gun DWI Seminar, Rules of Evidence in a DWI Case.

November, 2004: Murphy, Doug, DWI Defense, State Bar of Texas, TYLA Ten Minute Mentor video program. Click Here to Watch Video

July 2, 2004 : Tyler , Texas : Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, 10 Silver Bullets for a DWI Case.

April 30, 2004 : Sugar Land , Texas : Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, Texas Rules of Evidence.

March 19, 2004 : San Antonio , Texas : Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Defense, Rules of Evidence in a DWI Case.

January 23, 2004 : Port Aransas , Texas : Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, DWI Evidence.

October 17, 2003 : Beaumont , Texas : Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, DWI Evidence.

July 23-26, 2003 : Cambridge , Massachusetts : National College of DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School ; Evidence in a DWI Case: Objections and Proffers.

May 9, 2003 : Dallas , Texas : Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association DWI Seminar; Administrative License Revocations.

January 31, 2003 : Amarillo , Texas : Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, Administrative License Revocations.

June 30 - July 7, 2001 : Tambor, Puntarenas , Costa Rica : Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Driver's License Administrative Revocations in Drunk Driving Cases.

Bar Leadership and Professional Associations
College of the State Bar of Texas
National College for DUI Defense
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
Texas Young Lawyers Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association

Legal Education
Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas. J.D. (1999).

Law School Honors and Activities
American Jurisprudence Award, Federal Jurisdiction (1998)
CALI Academic Excellence Award (1998/1999)
American Jurisprudence Award, Bankruptcy Practice (1998)
National Mock Trial Team, (1998/1999)
Intern, Hon. Manuel D. Leal, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (1998)
Board of Advocates (1998/1999)
1st Place, ATLA Annual Mock Trial Competition (1999)
ATLA Regional Mock Trial Championship, Austin, Texas (1999)
1st Place, Intramural Mock Trial Tournament (1999)
Semi-Finalist, Board of Advocates Mock Trial (1998)
2nd Place, ATLA First Annual 2L Mock Trial Championship (1998)

Undergraduate Education
West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas. B.S. Political Science, (1994)
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Honors and Activities
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, Arizona State University.
Dean's List.

Personal
Born: August 23, 1969, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hobbies include motocross, mountain biking, windsurfing, and running.