On Monday, October 13, 2025, the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado approved a stipulation to discipline attorney Marcus A. Murphy, resulting in a six-month suspension of his law license. The disciplinary action stems from multiple criminal convictions.
The case is entitled “People v. Marcus A. Murphy,” with case no. 25PDJ23.
Murphy was found guilty of driving while ability impaired (DWAI) on July 27, 2023. Subsequently, on October 19, 2023, he was convicted of driving under the influence (DUI), a class-one misdemeanor, as well as reckless driving, a class-two misdemeanor, leaving the scene of an accident, and failing to report an accident.
Further legal troubles arose when Murphy pleaded guilty on January 22, 2024, to second-degree assault of a peace officer, a class-four felony. He received a two-year deferred judgment and sentence, contingent upon completing a mental health evaluation and treatment, an anger management course, and adhering to other probationary conditions.
Sentencing occurred on January 24, 2024, in El Paso County Court. For the DWAI conviction, Murphy received twelve months of probation. Concurrent to this, he was sentenced to twenty-four months of supervised probation for the DUI, reckless driving, leaving the scene, and failure to report convictions. These probations mandated Level II Education, therapy, random sobriety monitoring, a victim impact panel, and payment of fees and court costs.
On the same day, Murphy also pleaded guilty to harassment-obscene words-ethnic intimidation, a class-one misdemeanor, resulting in a sentence of sixty days in jail, with credit for eighty-five days served.
These actions were determined to violate Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct (Colo. RPC) 8.4(b), which prohibits lawyers from committing criminal acts that reflect negatively on their honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as an attorney.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
