Brooke Murphy’s civil trial practice focuses on commercial, insurance, intellectual property, securities and healthcare disputes, including related class actions. She has represented major Oklahoma and national companies in contesting class certification, and also represents general business clients in their litigation. Her publications and lectures include subjects such as evidence, procedure, arbitration, insurance and punitive damages, trade secrets, and medical staff issues.

A past president of Crowe Dunlevy, Brooke served on the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Bar Foundation, the Board of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. as well as the Oklahoma City University School of Law Executive Board. A Master of the Bench of the Luther Bohanon Inn Court and the Past President of the Oklahoma County Bar Association, Brooke has also been a member of the Local Civil Rules Committee for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and the Magistrate Selection Panel for that Court.

Brooke is listed in Best Lawyers for bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, healthcare law, insurance law and mass tort litigation/class actions–defendants. She was also named 2016 Lawyer of the Year for Insurance Law (OKC) by Best Lawyers. Chambers USA has highly-ranked Brooke as a general commercial litigation attorney, and she’s has been listed as a Super Lawyer since 2006. In addition, Benchmark Litigation named her a 2015 Litigation Star.*

Active in the community, she has received the Mona Lambird Spotlight Award, The Journal Record Leadership in Law Award and the Lawyers for Children Service to Children Award and is one of several women featured in “A Cup of Cappuccino for the Entrepreneurs’ Spirit,” Women Entrepreneur’s Edition, by Jeretta Horn Nord and Lou C. Kerr.

*Crowe Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies used by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Benchmark Litigation publications.

Credentials

  • University of Wisconsin, J.D., magna cum laude, 1975
    • Order of the Coif
    • Wisconsin Law Review
    • Wisconsin Law Alumni Association Award
    • Joseph Davies Award
  • University of Oklahoma, B.A., Special Distinction, 1967
    • Phi Beta Kappa

  • Oklahoma
  • U.S. District Court Western District Oklahoma
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District Oklahoma
  • U.S. District Court Northern District Oklahoma
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit

  • Oklahoma Bar Foundation (Board of Trustees)
  • Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench)
  • Leadership Oklahoma (Member, Class XIX)
  • Local Civil Rules Committee, United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (Past Member)
  • Magistrate Selection Committee, United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (Past Member)
  • Oklahoma Bar Association (Litigation Section)
  • Federal Bar Association|American Health Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association (Litigation Section)
  • Oklahoma City University School of Law Executive Board (Past Member)
  • Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. (Past Member, Board of Directors)
  • Phi Beta Kappa of Oklahoma City (President 2008 – 2009)

Honors & Awards

  • Mona Lambird Spotlight Award (2004)
  • Leadership in Law Award, The Journal Record (2006)
  • Lawyers for Children Service to Children Award (2007)
  • John E. Shipp Award for Ethics, Oklahoma Bar Association (2011)
  • Named Best Lawyers 2016 Lawyer of the Year (OKC) in Insurance Law
  • Named Best Lawyers 2017 Lawyer of the Year (OKC) in Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Named Best Lawyers 2019 Lawyer of the Year (OKC) in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants (2007 - Present)

Community Service

  • Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. (Board of Directors)