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Murphy Desmond Lawyers S.C.

Hours Open:
Monday:
9am-5pm
Tuesday:
9am-5pm
Wednesday:
9am-5pm
Thursday:
9am-5pm
Friday:
9am-5pm
Saturday:
closed
Sunday:
closed
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“The law firm of Murphy Desmond S.C. was founded in April 1931 under the name of Kuehl & Crownhart by Frank W. Kuehl and C.H. Crownhart, Jr. The first office was at the Tenney Building on the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin. Kuehl had earlier been Executive General Counsel to Governor (later U.S. Senator) John J. Blaine, and was an Assistant Attorney General. Crownhart graduated from the UW Law School in 1931. He was the son of Charles H. Crownhart, Sr., who was a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court at the time of his death in 1930, and had earlier been Revisor of Statutes and the first Chairman of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission, which administered the Workers Compensation Law.

Justice Crownhart had intended to leave the Supreme Court and practice with his son. Kuehl had initially intended to spend only part of his time with the firm, and served as counsel to the State Banking Department during the banking crisis of 1932 and 1933. Kuehl felt ethically obliged to withdraw from the firm in 1932. He went to Washington D.C. in 1933 as a member of the General Counsel’s staff of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Later, he was on the staff of the American Medical Association and remained in Washington D.C. the rest of his career.”

Murphy Desmond has a number of bilingual attorneys and staff who speak fluent Spanish in several areas of law to accommodate the legal needs of our Latino clients. Our firm continues to evolve in providing services that meet today’s legal needs for businesses, families and individuals.