Declan Murphy is an employment lawyer in Maurice Blackburn's Melbourne office.

Declan has experience in a wide range of employment law services, including unfair dismissal, general protections, discrimination, anti-bullying applications, workplace investigations and restraints of trade. His achievements include successfully:

• defending a senior public service employee from an unfair workplace investigation and negotiated a settlement on his behalf
• defending a senior operations employee from the operation of an unlawful restraint of trade clause
• acting on behalf of 7-Eleven workers who were systematically underpaid by their employers, and
• settling an unfair dismissal claim on behalf of a software technician against a major social media company.

Before joining Maurice Blackburn's employment team, Declan graduated with first class honours in Law at Monash University. He has worked in a diverse range of legal practice areas, including Workcover, superannuation and institutional abuse.

Outside of Maurice Blackburn, Declan lectures in Environmental Law and dedicates time to refugee advocacy.

Memberships and accreditations

• Law Institute of Victoria member