GROFF MURPHY NEWS

• July 2009 launch of Newsletter,
  Expansion of the Federal False Claims Act



• Dave Groff, Marisa Bavand and Mike Grace will lead a panel discussion at the International Construction Super Conference in San Francisco on December 11, 2009 on the topic “Understanding the False Claims Act: Recent Changes, Compliance Strategies and the Devastating Results of Non-Compliance.” Joining them on the panel are Frank Baltz, Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Clark Construction Group, LLC and Tom Hall, Chief Legal Counsel - U.S. Operations, PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc.



• Groff Murphy, PLLC was named to the 2009 Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, which recognizes less than 5% of all law firms in America.



• Dave Groff was again named one of the “Best Lawyers in America” by Best Lawyers, one of the oldest and most respected peer review publications in the legal profession.



• Steve Parkinson is the Co-Chair of the 5th Annual Advanced Conference on Natural Resource Damages in Newark in November 2009.



• Steve Parkinson and Kristi Favard co-authored the chapter “Contaminated Sites Cost Recovery under CERCLA” in the recent ABA publication “Environmental Litigation: Law and Strategy.”



• Kristi Favard was appointed as the Membership Vice-Chair of the Superfund and NRD Committee of the Environmental Section of the ABA for a second term.