Michael Murray (attorney)
Michael F. Murray is an American attorney. When at Jones Day law firm, he served as Supreme Court law clerk for Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy from 2013 to 2014. He previously clerked for Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2009, he graduated from Yale Law School.
In January 2017, he was appointed Counsel to the United States Deputy Attorney General. As of June 2017, he was leading a "mysterious" subcommittee determining the future United States response to state cannabis laws, reported to be reconsidering implementation of the Cole Memorandum.
Murray is married to Claire McCusker Murray, and they have four children together.
