As I sit down tonight to write this post, a lot has happened in the last six years since November 19, 2016. A lot of good things. Some bad. But all part of life’s journey.
Today, we start another new adventure with the Foundation. Grant Murphy, who has been Executive Director of the Foundation since 2018, has now moved to Chicago and taken a position with a similar and wonderful military non-profit, the Pat Tillman Foundation. We are so proud of Grant in his new position and so proud of his leadership and the work he has done to better Nick’s Foundation over the entire six years, but especially as our leader for the past four years. Grant will be missed on a day to day basis, but he will remain on our Board of Directors and remain an Officer of the Foundation. It is a family affair after all for all of us. Thank you so much Grant.
This means I will resume my prior role as President of the Foundation and assume the responsibilities of its day to day operations. I will not do that alone. Besides Grant’s help, I will also have help from my ex-wife and Nick’s mother, Theresa Murphy, as well as Nick’s brother, Alec Murphy, Nick’s sister, Delaney Murphy and Grant’s wife, Maria Murphy. It is a labor of love for our family and we will continue to meet the challenges necessary to honor Nick Murphy.
The hard work comes from all of the wonderful attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, and staff members at Murphy & Dunn. They do the real work. The legal work that makes a difference for these veterans and their family members. Who could have ever imagined that in less than six years we would have been able to open up 211 cases, do almost 10,000 total hours of legal work, and complete over $927,041 of free legal services in Nick’s honor. That is amazing and makes me so proud.
They never get credit, but these are the real heroes from our office: Jeff Dunn, Candice Thomason, Alec Murphy, Ben Mills and Nicole Slee as our attorneys. Lori Peters, Dina Johns, Mary Beth Guy, Nathan Paquet, Brooke Davis, Samantha Reason, Beth Dockendorff, Delaney Murphy and Breana Callear as paralegals. And Brandi Hogan, Dawn Bikin and Peyton Easton as our Admin team. I am so grateful to work with this team of people each and every day. They make us proud. They honor Nick Murphy. Every single day. And I could not thank all of them enough.
So as we move forward, we will keep doing what we do best. We help people. We care. We give it our best. We make sacrifices. We commit ourselves to excellence. And just maybe Nick Murphy will be looking down on us and be proud of us. Be proud of what we are doing. Just like we are so proud of him.
For more information on the legal work being performed, go to Murphy & Dunn, P.C. at www.murphy-dunn.net.
