Joseph Murphy

Attorney Joseph Murphy brings 18 years of immigration law experience, a clerkship with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a role as Allegheny County arbitrator since 2000, and the practical knowledge that comes from having lived and worked in China, Korea, Germany, Latin America, and the Caribbean to a Pittsburgh immigration practice that handles deportation defense nationwide. Immigration law in the United States is a federal practice area, meaning it operates under federal statutes and regulations that apply across all states. That federal character means an immigration attorney’s geographic reach is not limited by state borders in the way that state court practitioners are restricted. Allegheny Immigration Group leverages that fact by providing deportation defense nationwide while maintaining its base in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attorney Joseph Murphy’s background is genuinely unusual. Before establishing Allegheny Immigration Group, he clerked for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a credential that reflects a high level of academic and professional achievement. He has served as an Allegheny County arbitrator since 2000, a role that involves applying legal analysis to disputed matters in a formal adjudicative setting. And he has spent significant time living and working in China, Korea, Germany, Latin America, and the Caribbean, an international experience that provides direct, personal understanding of what it means to navigate life in a country where you are not a citizen. That combination of formal legal credentials and lived international experience is directly relevant to immigration practice. Murphy understands what his clients are experiencing both as a professional matter and from personal experience as someone who has been a foreigner operating within unfamiliar legal and social systems. The office is located at 310 Grant Street #3309, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and can be reached at 412-586-4131. Attorney Murphy is available by cell phone and accepts text messages.