Practice Areas

With over forty years of experience as an entertainment lawyer, Alexander Murphy Jr. now maintains his principal office in West Chester, Pennsylvania (along with other name individuals in the entertainment industry, located in the scenic Chester County horse-country area). He is admitted to practice in New York and Pennsylvania and also maintains an affiliate office with fellow entertainment attorney Peter M. Thall, Esq.

Mr. Murphy's practice has included entertainment litigation, but is now exclusively entertainment business affairs transactions and related matters, including intellectual property. His varied practice encompasses representing major and independent entertainment companies, projects, productions (narrative and documentary), and financiers from development and financing through production, distribution, and other forms of exploitation along with individual producers, performers, writers, authors, life story subjects, musicians and other talent throughout the U.S. and internationally, in the motion picture, television, book publishing, theatrical, and music industries.

For those areas of law in which Mr. Murphy does not practice, and for litigation matters, Mr. Murphy maintains a referral network for his clients with other attorneys to further assist them with any other legal needs.

Selected Current and Former Projects and Clients Include the Following

"The Mental State," Feature Film, Matthew Einstein, Ronnee Swenton, Producers, James Camali, Director, James Camali & Joshua Barclay and Jeremy Anderson, Writers, based on the play of the same name written by Josh Adell.

"It Was the Music" TV Series (Documentary), Mark Moskowitz, Producer/Director, based on the life story of two renowned backup musicians, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams.

Crank Media, Inc. is a Multi-faceted Entertainment Company (Film, TV, Music, Virtual Studios) based in Vancouver, Canada.

"Brooke Knows Nashville," a Reality TV Program featuring Brook Hogan, daughter of professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, Appreciated Media Holdings.

"See You Yesterday," a Spike Lee Feature Film (Netflix), Matt Myers, Executive Producer, Counsel for Executive Producer.

"Inwood Drive," a Feature Film (Documentary) and book by Mark Archer, Amber Archer, and Producers, is the story of the issues that ensued in Fort Wayne, Indiana, regarding the infamous abortionist George Klopfer.

"Mayhem Racing" (Demolition Derby Races), Reality TV Program, Steve Perry, Producer.

Suge Knight Feature Film Project, Counsel for Co-Financier, and life story rights agreement for Suge Knight.

"Beyond the Dominance," TV Series (Documentary), Gabriel Spitale, Brandon Gulish, Producers, Co-Directors, Lars Anderson ("Sports Illustrated"), Writer, Texas Crew Productions, the story of the University of Alabama/Clemson University football rivalry, featuring Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney.

"8 Billion Angels", Feature Film (Documentary), Terry Spahr, Producer, examines the birth of mankind and its inextricable link to nature over millennia and how the success of humans has quickly and dramatically altered the air we breathe, the land that nourishes, and the waters that sustain us.

"Salvage Yard "Shine" Boys," Feature Film, Chris Hensel (Jeb Stuart Duke/"The Dukes of Hazzard," Captain California) Producer/Screenwriter/Director.

Kevin Miller, Drummer of the musical group "Fuel".

"The Mighty Macs," Feature Film, Pat Croce, Executive Producer, Whitney Springer, Producer, Tim Chambers (Solaris Entertainment/"Miracle"), Writer/Director; Carla Gugino, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Ellen Burstyn, based on the true story of a legendary basketball coach, Cathy Rush, and the 1972 Immaculata College Women's national champion basketball team.

Robin Bradford, Theater Producer and Playwright.

"Andrea Doria: Are the Passengers Saved?", Feature Film (Docufiction), Pierette Simpson, Executive Producer, Mike Stoller, Composer, based on the life story of Pierette Simpson and other survivors of the Andrea Doria and its sea rescue in 1956. Multiple Film Festival Winner, PBS broadcast.

FISM TV is a Streaming Television Network of new, edgy, and informative Christian television programming.

Ken Lozito, Author/Science Fiction and Fantasy, Acoustical Books LLC.

"Bolden," Feature Film, Michele Tayler, Producer, Dan Pritzker, Writer/Director, Gary Carr, Actor, Original music by Wynton Marsalis, based on the life of cornetist Buddy Bolden (Development services only).

Rodney A. Smolla, Author, Attorney, Dean of the Delaware Law School, CONFESSIONS of a FREE SPEECH LAWYER: Charlottesville and the Politics of Hate, Non-Fiction Book, an insider's view on the violent confrontations in Charlottesville during the "summer of hate" and the conflict between the value of free speech and the protection of civil rights, Cornell University Press; GROUP LIBEL: The Rolling Stone Rape Case, Non-Fiction Book based on his first-hand experience as a lawyer representing the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at the University of Virginia arising from the article published in Rolling Stone, "A Rape on Campus."

"Connemara Days," Feature Film, Sir Roger Moore (Deceased), Executive Producer, Kevin Connor, Gareth Owen, Lincoln Lageson, Paddy McCarney Producers; Kevin Connor, Director, Steve Mayhew, Book Author and Screenwriter.

Tim Kelly, Author, THE LEGEND OF RED KLOTZ (CompteQ Publishing), a story about a basketball legend, the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals.

Melissa Rhodes, Singer/Songwriter, American Idol contestant, and vocalist for Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

"Infusion," TV Program, featuring cook, Andres L. Porras, Crank Media, Inc.

"The Mind Polluters" is a feature Film (Documentary) by Mark Archer, Amber Archer, and Producers about children and pornographic material.

Karen Lynn Eastman, a Playwright, "Lady Jane", a Musical Play based on the story of 16th century Lady Jane Grey.

Florence Gaspar Muzi, author, A JOURNEY TO SEEKING GOD, REAL OR MYTH?

"The Lennon Report," Feature Film, Rafael Francisco and Gabriel Francisco, Producers, Jeremy Profe, screenwriter, Sirad Balducci, Co-Producer, Actors: Stef Dawson ("Hunger Games"), Evan Jonigkeit ("X-Men"), David Zayas ("Dexter"), Richard Kind ("Argo"), Multiple Film Festival Winner.

"Stone Reader", Feature Film (Documentary) Mark Moskowitz, Producer, Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award Winner, Spirit Award Nominee.

"Good Shepherds," Feature Film (Non-Fiction), Curt Faudon, Producer/Director/Writer, featuring the Vienna Boys Choir with Jane Goodall.

Gerry Eastman, Julius Eastman Life Story Project is based on the life story and music of the famous American composer, pianist, vocalist, and dancer of minimalist tendencies.

"Marriage Lifelines", Documentary TV Series, Dan Celia, Producer, Stephen Arterburn, Host, FISM TV.

Tom Sturges, son of Celebrated Writer/Director of the 1940s, Preston Sturges; Author, "PRESTON STURGES: THE LAST YEARS OF HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST WRITER-DIRECTOR, Music Industry Executive (Chrysalis Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group).

Earth Overshoot, Inc. (Non-Profit) works to make sustainability central to all personal and public decision-making through targeted education and advocacy.

"The Church," Feature Film, Dom Frank, Producer/Writer/Director, Paul Irwin, Producer, Clint Howard, Bill Moseley, Ashley C. Williams, Actors.

Anson Dorrance, Head Women's Soccer Coach, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Tim Crothers, author of "The Man Watching," a biography of Mr. Dorrance, in the sale of the motion pictures rights of the life story and the book.

Steve Perry ("Lethal Weapon" film series), Producer.

"Jamie Marks is Dead," Feature Film, Counsel for Co-Financier, Alex Orlovsky, Producer, Carter Smith, Director, Actors: Judy Greer, Liv Tyler, Cameron Monaghan, Sundance Film Festival.

Lindsay Michel, Screenwriter, "Columbus One," in development with Producer Sophia Banks/Banks Films.

"My Million Dollar Mom," a Short Film by Ross Schriftman, Producer, is based on a true story about a mother diagnosed with Alzheimer's and her son who steps forward to care for her.

Peter Wentworth, Co-Producer, "Metropolitan"; Wilt Stillman, Director, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature; Producer, "The Dream Catcher," Ed Radtke, Director.

"Lost Creek," a Feature Film (Non-Fiction), Brian Blair, Producer, Terry Holland, Director, an exploration of the Big Foot legend.

Mark Archer, Producer/Writer/Director, "Rialto," Feature Film, Docufiction Film; Producer, "In the Company of Men", Feature Film, (Sundance Film Festival, Filmmakers' Trophy Award; Cannes Film Festival, Official Selection, Un Certain Regard), Sony Pictures Classics/Alliance Independent Films; "American Reel"; Feature Film, David Carradine, Mariel Hemmingway, Michael Maloney.

The Boyd Family, heirs to the literary works of F.X. Toole, author of the short story "Million Dollar Baby," is the basis of the movie winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.

"Beyond Sixty Project," Feature Film (Documentary), Melissa Davey, Producer/Director, tells the stories of an extraordinary array of women whose lives have spanned six decades or more.

Rich Schwartzman, Author/Photographer, ALONG THE BRANDYWINE, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Rich Schwartzman, Author/Photographer, ALONG THE BRANDYWINE, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Ivor Francis, Author, and Composer, "The Mozart Code", a Literary Work and TV Program.

"The Last Hunt," Feature Film (Documentary), Damon Sinclair, Director/Producer, Sam Slater, Producer, based on the true story of the iconic Ryan family of Ireland and the world-renowned "Scarteen Hunt".

Matt Myers, Producer, Feature Films, True Fiction Pictures/Hal Hartley, Director; "Henry Fool," "Ned Rifle."

"It Happened Over Lunch," Feature Film (Documentary), Michael D Ellenbogen and Creative Chaos VMG, Producers, New York Historical Society, Fiscal Sponsor, about the history and the people that made The Four Seasons Restaurant an icon.

Paulina Porizkova, Model, Actor, Filmmaker/Producer (Filmmaking representation only).

Marina Donahue and Chris Fetchko, authors of underlying work for a Musical Play, "Trust Me," Ava Spanier, HeadSpark Productions.

J.W. Pepper & Sons, Inc., a Music Retailer.

"Bontoc Eulogy," Mockumentary, Marlon Fuentes and Bridget Yearen, Directors, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Producer, shown in over sixty separate exhibitions, including the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art, the National Museum of American History, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and nominated for the International Documentary Association's Distinguished Achievement Award.

Mary Anne Poatsy, Kendall Martin, Alan Evans, authors of the best-selling book, TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION, Pearson Publishing.

Jennifer Strome, Theater Producer, Jerry Herman musical revue, "Showtune"; "Suburb," co-produced with The York Theater Company, winner of the Richard Rodgers Development Award.

Estate of Seymour Frank, a Feature Film Producer/Production Company, "The Groove Tube," and other films (Entertainment Matters Only).

Capt'n Franks/Harvey Hess, a Restaurant, Kitty Hawk, NC (Media Matters Only).

"Leo Moon", a Musical Group featuring Greta Hotmer, and Taylor Olde.

Dan Lyons, Jeff Levy, Producers, "Swing," Feature Film, a true story based on the U.S. Naval Academy 1980 crew team.

"All in Time," Feature Film, Chris Fetchko, Chandra Baird, Producers, Chris Fetchko, Marina Donahue, Writers/Directors, Actors: Sean Modica, Lynn Cohen, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Vanessa Ray, Josh Burrow, Multiple Film Festival Winner.

Johnny Neel, Singer/Songwriter, formerly with Allman Brothers, Grammy Nominated Keyboardist, recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Joel Godett, Television Sportscaster.

"Before Someone Gets Hurt," Feature Film, Shane Barbanel, Robert Kravitz, Producers, Shane Barbanel, Director, Shane Barbanel, Brian Herskowitz, Writers, Actors: Michael Welch ("Z Nation," "The Twilight Saga"), Alexandra Turshen ("Boy Meets Girl," "Red Oaks"), Will Rogers ("Bridge of Spies").

"Philadelphia: The Great Experiment: The Floodgates Open (1865-1876)", a TV Program, Damon Sinclair, Phil Katz, Producers, Sam Katz, Executive Producer, Mark Moskowitz, Director.

Fatima Wallace, Ex-Wife of NBA star Rasheed Wallace, Author/Book Publishing, WE CAN'T CHANGE THE CARDS WE ARE DEALT, JUST HOW WE PLAY THE HAND.

"Comeback" is a feature Film based on the life of golfer Skip Alexander and Christy Viviano, Producer/Screenwriter.

Maynard Ferguson, Jazz Trumpeter.

"The Hammer," a feature Film (Documentary) about Jason "The Hammer" Lane during the non-stop bicycle race, The Race Across America; Scott Hornsby, Director, Kate Hovey, Associate Producer.

Damon Sinclair, Film and TV Producer/Director.

Neil Rosen, Film-TV Critic/Journalist, CNN, MSNBC, BBC Radio, formerly on NY1.

Banner Promotions, Inc., Promoter of the "Boxcino" boxing championships tournament broadcast on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" program.

"Carolina Low," Feature Film, Sean Bridgers, Producer/Writer/Actor ("Bones," "Deadwood," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Get Shorty," "The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot," "The Alienist"), Nick Searcy, Director/Actor ("Legal Action," "Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer," "Lethal Weapon" (TV), "Moneyball", "Hawaii Five-0"),

"The Guitar," Feature Film, Amy Redford, Director/Producer; Bob Jason, Producer; Amos Poe, Screenwriter; Saffron Burrows, Actor.

Curt Faudon, Producer/Director/Writer, Vienna Boys Choir TV Programs and Film: "Silk Road," "Bridging the Gap," and "Voices Aloft."

Barbara Mudge/WFE Faith and Family Films, Faith Entertainment On-Demand, and Worldwide Film Entertainment.

Tim Clawson, Producer (formerly, The Weinstein Company).
HCP SPORTS TV is a Live Television Sports Production Company.

Jaco Pastorius, Jazz Bassist.

Alex Hammond, Producer, "Children of Haiti," a Documentary, ITVS/PBS and "Better Than Something: Jay Reatard," Documentary, "Lucha Mexico," a Documentary.

The Irish Tenors, Vocal Group.

"Winning Isn't Everything," Documentary Film about the University of North Carolina women's soccer team and head coach Anson Dorrance; Gorham "Hap" Kindem, Producer, Fox Soccer Channel.

Mark Sensinger, Composer/Orchestrator, "Rat Pack, a Symphonic Celebration," a Musical Review.

"Little Girl Lost," Larry Thompson, Producer; based on the life stories of and counsel for Luzaida Cuevas and Delimar Vera, an award-winning Lifetime Television Movie.

Gary Kauffman/Omniscience Productions, Nominee for Animal Planet Awards for "Yellowstone: Battle for Life", Outstanding Cinematography Nature.

"Song, Sung Blue," Documentary, Greg Kohs, Producer, winner of 2008 Slamdance Audience Award and Grand Jury Award.

National Steeplechase Enterprises/National Steeplechase Association.

Peter Cincotti, Recording Artist, Concord Jazz Records; Actor, "Dick Behrke" in "Beyond the Sea," Lion's Gate Films.

"One, Too Many," Feature Film, John Melendez ("Stuttering John"/Howard Stern Show, Tonight Show with Jay Leno Show, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here"), Producer, Actor, National Lampoon.

City Lights Pictures/Danny Fisher, "It's a Dirty Shame," Feature Film, John Waters, Director/Writer, Producer and Ted Hope/Christine Vachon, Producers.

Daryl Hall and John Oates ("Hall & Oats"), Untitled Theatrical Musical Review.

Christopher Drogoul, the life story subject of and key defendant in the Iraqgate scandal.

Mark Moskowitz, Producer, "Jericho" Television Series Webisodes; "The Making and Remaking of America's City: Philadelphia," Documentary TV Series, Sam Katz, Executive Producer.

"Winterthur Point-to-Point," Television Special; Hunt Cup Productions, NBCSN.

RuffNation Films/RuffNation Records: "Snipes," Feature Film, Richard Murray, Director; Chris Schwartz, Executive Producer, Nelly, Dean Winters, Zoe Saldaña, Toronto Film Festival Screening; "Train Ride," Feature Film, John Pierson, Executive Producer, Wood Harris ("Remember the Titans").

RSO Records/Robert Stigwood (Bee Gees, Olivia Newton-John).

"The Event," Feature Film, Thom Fitzgerald ("The Hanging Garden"), Director; Parker Posey, Jane Leeves, Olympia Dukakis, Sarah Polley; Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival Screening, ThinkFilm.

Voletta Wallace, Mother of "Notorious BIG," rapper Life Story Rights.

"The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys" (The Making of Twelve Monkeys Documentary), Keith Fulton/Louis Pepe.

Bruce Johnson, Jr., life story subject of the film, "At Close Range" (Sean Penn, Actor).

Eric L. Blum/IFI, co-financiers of "Ghandi" and "Escape from New York."

Radio Telefis Erin (RTE-Dublin, Ireland).

Russ Streiner, Producer, "Night of the Living Dead".

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