Edward Murray (judge)

Sir Edward Henry Murray (born 4 May 1958) is an American-born British High Court judge.

He completed an MA in philosophy at Trinity College Dublin in 1980 and a JD cum laude at Harvard Law School in 1985.

In 1992, he was admitted as a solicitor and joined Allen & Overy as an associate, being promoted to partner in 1993 and served in the derivates structure group at the firm until 2013.

Though he did not have a background as an advocate, he was appointed as a recorder in 2009 and a deputy High Court judge in 2013.

[1][2] On 1 October 2018, Murray was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the King's Bench Division.