Mary G. Murphy > Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile

Mary G. Murphy

415 393 8257 mgmurphy@gibsondunn.com

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Mary is a major player in development in San Francisco and the Bay Area. She represents a wide variety of developers and investors in real estate transactions and land use issues, with particular experience in public private partnerships, sports facilities and historic rehabilitation projects. Her recent projects include current pursuit of a new ballpark and mixed use development for the Oakland A’s, entitlement of Golden State Warriors arena and mixed-use development and recent successful entitlement of a hotel project for the Warriors; pursuit of development of a new urban village for UC Hastings; entitlement and current implementation of 9-million-square-foot development for a Related; entitlement of Build, Inc.’s 38-acre India Basin project; assisting Cedar Fair’s with its acquisition of the Great America Theme Park; pursuit of redevelopment of a portion of the San Francisco Center for Westfield; entitlement of Treasure Island Naval Station redevelopment and current implementation of vertical development; entitlement of Parkmerced redevelopment; development of several waterfront and cultural institution projects.

Career

Appointed by both Presidents Clinton and Bush, she served two terms on the Presidio Trust Board, a United States Government Corporation established by Congress in 1996.

Memberships

California Bar

Education

Ms. Murphy received her law degree from Harvard University, cum laude, in 1986.  She was a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Oxford University with an Honours B.A. in 1983. She received her B.A., cum laude with distinction, from Yale University in 1981.