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Mary Ann Murphy

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Judge
Civil trials
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Central District - Spring Street Courthouse
Department/Division: 4 Courtroom/Floor: 237

312 North Spring Street
Los Angeles , CA 90012
(213) 310-7004



Appointed Los Angeles County Superior Court judge by Gov. Pete Wilson, 1993; Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP, 1986-93; assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Civil Division, 1983-86; trial attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-83

California Western School of Law



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
LA Judge Mary Ann Murphy loves research so much that she has her own library Los Angeles County Superior Court Jul. 3, 2023
Mary Ann Murphy Los Angeles County (Mosk) Superior Court Mar. 25, 2013

Rulings
Case Category Published
Doe v. Superior Court (Mountain View School District)
petition denied
 Evidence Nov. 3, 2021

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Jose M. Diaz v. Vladimir Babenkov Personal Injury judge Sep. 19, 2025
Pablo Scipione v. Kinkisharyo International, LLC Personal Injury judge Jul. 5, 2024
Salvador Rodriguez Ordaz, Braulia Ordaz v. Mary Noel Kruppe Personal Injury judge Nov. 17, 2023
Ashley Steele v. The Regents of the University of California, Patrick Yaffee, M.D. Medical judge Aug. 4, 2023
Kim D. Middleton, et al. v. Hollywood Health Center, Inc., et al. Medical judge Mar. 10, 2023
Bill Grisham v. Maria Manson Personal Injury judge Jun. 7, 2019
Marcia Arreola v. John Austin Deapera Ella, Susan Hanson Personal Injury judge Mar. 29, 2019
Marcia Arreola v. Susan Hanson, John Austin D. Ella Personal Injury judge Feb. 22, 2019
Shawn Dearing v. Cabo Cantina, et al. Personal Injury judge Sep. 1, 2017
Steven A. Weinkauf, Administrator of the Estate of Grant William Hastie v. Bingham B. Liverman, Jenny R. Florez, Timothy Florez Torts Defendant May 15, 2010
Dervonda Q. Moore v. Carl Whitehead, Denise Marie Watson, West Coast Land Group, LLC, Oscar Noguera Torts judge May 20, 2006
David Kyle v. Phillip McCall Real Property judge Jun. 7, 2005
Joshua Halbleib v. Vernon Tolo, J. Gordon McComb, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University Childrens Medical Group Inc. Personal Injury judge Apr. 5, 2005
Sharyn Jeter v. Myrna Bustillos Personal Injury judge May 11, 2004
Aespace America Inc. v. Winston Ko, Dorothy Ko Contracts judge Sep. 9, 2003
John Milton Ellis v. Anne Maureen Flores Personal Injury judge Jul. 29, 2003
Charles A. Arrobio v. California South Pacific Investors, Robert Goldsmith, Willard Gayle Thompson and Dwayne L. Femrite Business Law judge Oct. 15, 2002
Elizabeth Reed v. Laverne Henderson, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 13, 2000
Judkins v. Morey Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 11, 2000
Christopher Hinton v. Los Angeles Unified School District and Gleason Corporation Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 15, 2000
Tahmineh Babak v. Valley Hospital Medical Center and Ray Paras, M.D., Gary Sindell, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 1, 2000
Harry Hecht v. Northridge Hospital Medical Center Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 27, 1999
Dorothy McCoy v. Northridge Hospital Medical Center Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 16, 1999
Confidential Civil Rights judge Feb. 27, 1999
Confidential Real Property judge Dec. 5, 1998
Cal-har, Inc.; and Abdurahman Baharun v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company Insurance judge Feb. 21, 1998
Confidential Insurance judge Nov. 22, 1997
Ralph Whylie v. City of Los Angeles Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 15, 1997
Maria Cardenas v. Beverly Hospital Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 18, 1997
Shirley Raven Moore v. MTA; Mike Lensch; Danny Ibbarra; Javier Figueroa; Maxine Giles; Barbara AKK Anderson; Gayel Pitchford and Arthur Leahy Employment Law judge Oct. 18, 1997
Gwendola M. Johnson, et al. v. Los Angeles Country Transportation Commission Real Property judge Aug. 16, 1997
Confidential Professional Malpractice judge Sep. 21, 1996
Anton Boyadjian v. Onik Texaco Truck Service, et al. Real Property judge Aug. 31, 1996
Susan Neal v. Ralph Castro, Mesa Management; Basic Capital Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 30, 1996
Parviz Rouhani v. Gerard Frankel, D.D.S., G.S. Frankel Dental Group, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 17, 1996
Title Court Published
LA Judge Mary Ann Murphy loves research so much that she has her own library Los Angeles County Superior Court Jul. 3, 2023
Mary Ann Murphy Los Angeles County (Mosk) Superior Court Mar. 25, 2013
Case Category Published
Doe v. Superior Court (Mountain View School District)
petition denied
 Evidence Nov. 3, 2021
Case Name Topic Role Published
Jose M. Diaz v. Vladimir Babenkov Personal Injury judge Sep. 19, 2025
Pablo Scipione v. Kinkisharyo International, LLC Personal Injury judge Jul. 5, 2024
Salvador Rodriguez Ordaz, Braulia Ordaz v. Mary Noel Kruppe Personal Injury judge Nov. 17, 2023
Ashley Steele v. The Regents of the University of California, Patrick Yaffee, M.D. Medical judge Aug. 4, 2023
Kim D. Middleton, et al. v. Hollywood Health Center, Inc., et al. Medical judge Mar. 10, 2023
Bill Grisham v. Maria Manson Personal Injury judge Jun. 7, 2019
Marcia Arreola v. John Austin Deapera Ella, Susan Hanson Personal Injury judge Mar. 29, 2019
Marcia Arreola v. Susan Hanson, John Austin D. Ella Personal Injury judge Feb. 22, 2019
Shawn Dearing v. Cabo Cantina, et al. Personal Injury judge Sep. 1, 2017
Steven A. Weinkauf, Administrator of the Estate of Grant William Hastie v. Bingham B. Liverman, Jenny R. Florez, Timothy Florez Torts Defendant May 15, 2010
Dervonda Q. Moore v. Carl Whitehead, Denise Marie Watson, West Coast Land Group, LLC, Oscar Noguera Torts judge May 20, 2006
David Kyle v. Phillip McCall Real Property judge Jun. 7, 2005
Joshua Halbleib v. Vernon Tolo, J. Gordon McComb, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University Childrens Medical Group Inc. Personal Injury judge Apr. 5, 2005
Sharyn Jeter v. Myrna Bustillos Personal Injury judge May 11, 2004
Aespace America Inc. v. Winston Ko, Dorothy Ko Contracts judge Sep. 9, 2003
John Milton Ellis v. Anne Maureen Flores Personal Injury judge Jul. 29, 2003
Charles A. Arrobio v. California South Pacific Investors, Robert Goldsmith, Willard Gayle Thompson and Dwayne L. Femrite Business Law judge Oct. 15, 2002
Elizabeth Reed v. Laverne Henderson, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 13, 2000
Judkins v. Morey Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 11, 2000
Christopher Hinton v. Los Angeles Unified School District and Gleason Corporation Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 15, 2000
Tahmineh Babak v. Valley Hospital Medical Center and Ray Paras, M.D., Gary Sindell, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 1, 2000
Harry Hecht v. Northridge Hospital Medical Center Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 27, 1999
Dorothy McCoy v. Northridge Hospital Medical Center Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 16, 1999
Confidential Civil Rights judge Feb. 27, 1999
Confidential Real Property judge Dec. 5, 1998
Cal-har, Inc.; and Abdurahman Baharun v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company Insurance judge Feb. 21, 1998
Confidential Insurance judge Nov. 22, 1997
Ralph Whylie v. City of Los Angeles Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 15, 1997
Maria Cardenas v. Beverly Hospital Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Oct. 18, 1997
Shirley Raven Moore v. MTA; Mike Lensch; Danny Ibbarra; Javier Figueroa; Maxine Giles; Barbara AKK Anderson; Gayel Pitchford and Arthur Leahy Employment Law judge Oct. 18, 1997
Gwendola M. Johnson, et al. v. Los Angeles Country Transportation Commission Real Property judge Aug. 16, 1997
Confidential Professional Malpractice judge Sep. 21, 1996
Anton Boyadjian v. Onik Texaco Truck Service, et al. Real Property judge Aug. 31, 1996
Susan Neal v. Ralph Castro, Mesa Management; Basic Capital Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 30, 1996
Parviz Rouhani v. Gerard Frankel, D.D.S., G.S. Frankel Dental Group, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 17, 1996
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