Keystone Bank Breakfast Series

Jeff Murphy
Principal
Mediation Services of Southwest Michigan

The fifth presentation in the 2007-08 Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Series will feature T. Jefferson (Jeff) Murphy, Principal for Mediation Services of Southwest Michigan. His presentation, "Mediation, Not Litigation: You mean, I don't have to go to court?" begins at 8 a.m. in the Dean's Conference Room (Room 2150 Schneider Hall) of the Haworth College of Business on Friday, February 29. Complimentary breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m.

Jeff is a court approved civil and domestic relations mediator. He has over thirty-five years of negotiation, legal, and business experience as an attorney and business owner. His mediation and conflict resolution background includes over 100 hours of formal mediation training for civil, commercial and domestic relations.

As a Senior Counsel of The Upjohn Company, Murphy's negotiation experience included mergers and acquisitions, product liability, litigation management and contracts. He served as Adjunct Professor Antitrust Law at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing. In addition, he has over fifteen years of experience in financial management and trading equity options. Jeff received his formal education in New York at Le Moyne College, Columbia University Graduate School of Business and Fordham University School of Law.

The Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series is underwritten through the generosity of Keystone Community Bank. The series provides an opportunity for the local community to hear prominent business leaders, WMU faculty, alumni, and friends of the College of Business discuss current business issues, corporate strategies as well as key information regarding the continuing progress of the business college.