About Us

At Murphy & Spagnuolo, P.C., we are dedicated to serving our clients and our community. We provide experienced counsel with a proactive, solution-driven approach.

Our Mission

The mission of Murphy & Spagnuolo, P.C. is to provide value to clients through legal representation that applies our broad expertise in advocacy to the client’s unique economic and practical circumstances. Our standards are founded on tradition, our strategies are innovative, and our solutions embody efficient and cost-effective remedies of any dispute.

Our Story

Attorneys Alphonsus C. Murphy and Vincent P. Spagnuolo founded the law firm. The founding partners began the law firm with a focus on client goals. The Firm’s services continued to expand to meet the needs of the growing community. Now, Murphy & Spagnuolo, P.C. is providing services in several areas, including Estate Planning and Family Law, Business Law, Litigation, Municipal Law, Insurance Defense, and Workers’ Compensation Defense.

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Featured Clients

American Cheese Motion Pictures LLC
Anageria Inc.
Ancaster Park Properties, LLC
Applegate Insulation MFG, LLC
The ASU Group
ASU Risk Management Services, Ltd.“
Auction Insurance Agency, Inc.
Auto Owners Insurance
Bay Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Bierlein Entertainment, LLC
Capital Area District Library
Capital Area Transportation Authority
Capitol Indemnity Corporation
Centennial Casualty Insurance
Checkered Flag Management Group
City of Battle Creek
Clare County Transit
Clinton Area Transit System
Cornerstone Family Practice, PLC
Delhi Gardens LLC
Delta Charter Township
Dog, The Movie, LLC
East Lansing Film Festival, Inc.
East Lansing-Meridian Water & Sewer Auth.
EATRAN
Ehrenbrook Entertainment
Employers Mutual Companies
Flat, Black & Circular, LLC
Fork-in-the-Road Productions, LLC

Godugo LLC
Grayling Filler Productions, Inc.
Hagerty Insurance Agency
Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications
MAX Macatawa Area Express
Menard, Inc.
Michigan County Road Commission Self-Insurance Pool
Michigan Education Association
Michigan Library Consortium
Michigan Transit Pool
Midwest Collaborative for Library
Muskegon County Transit
Owosso Heart Institute
Par Rehab Services
Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company
Prime Property Management LLC
Principle Group Realty, LLC
Principle Group Title Insurance Agency Inc.
Hagerty Insurance Agency
Hots Inc
House Broken Records, LLC
Isabella County Transportation Commission
Jazzy Tam Films
Kalamazoo Metro Transit
Karoub & Associates
Kastle Properties LLC
Keystone Millbrook Printing
KI Software
Lansing Sports Arena
Legion Insurance Company

Lights Go Down Films LLC
List True Real Estate
Manhein Marketing
Manhein Metro Detroit Auto Auction
In-State Title Insurance
Public Policy Associates, Inc.
Quaker Chemical Co.
Red Arrow Properties, LLC
Restitution, The Movie
Rios Construction LLC
Sigma Kappa Corp.
Spaz Fu, The Movie
Speedway Entertainment Group LLC
Street Boss, The Movie
The Owner, The Movie
Three Men & A Tenor
Three Men & A Tenor, PBS Special
Trap, The Movie
Train Station, The Movie
Twin Cities Area Transportation Authority
Unique Engineering LLC
West Ottawa Land Associates LLC
Wheatfield Valley Golf Course
Whole Tone Pictures
Williamstown Township
Wooded Valley LLC
Wray Castle USA, Inc.
Zurich American Insurance Company

Why Murphy & Spagnuolo

Clients choose us for our quality legal services backed by years of experience. Our attorneys are proactive consultants and trusted advisors, with a history of working hard and earning success for our clients. At Murphy and Spagnuolo, P.C. every case matters.

We have been serving our Michigan communities for more than 30 years. We take pride in working where we live, serving our neighbors, and creating close relationships with our clients. We’ve also been rated among the best in the state, as voted on by our peers.

Murphy & Spagnuolo, P.C., Announces New Of Counsel relationship with Nicole C. Copeland

Latest Arrival Adds to Firm’s Ongoing Growth
Press Release
December 9, 2022

Murphy & Spagnuolo, P.C. is pleased to announce that Nicole C. Copeland has joined its Of Counsel team. Ms. Copeland focuses her practice on Real Estate, Title Insurance Defense, and Estate Planning matters. Her experience includes serving as Counsel and Chief Title Officer to a statewide title insurance company.  Ms. Copeland handled complex legal real estate and underwriting issues and worked in tandem with national underwriters, large corporations, property owners and developers, real estate agents, brokers, outside counsel and investors in resolution of these issues.

Through proactive collaboration and sage advisement, Ms. Copeland has reduced or eliminated liability and saved countless expenses involving the purchase, sale, refinance and insurance of industrial, commercial and residential properties.  Ms. Copeland has performed curative work, resolved disputes, negotiated agreements and settlements relating to encumbrances, clouds on title, property line adjustments/splits, errors in foreclosure transactions, legal descriptions, reformations, and other related real property matters.  Ms. Copeland recently worked to insure real property and to handle the attendant transactions associated with a solar project for Consumers Energy.

We are delighted to welcome Ms. Copeland as Of Counsel to our firm. Her industry experience in Real Property matters will add tremendous value to the team, further strengthening our ability to provide the highest quality of services to our clients.

Ms. Copeland earned her Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University Cum Laude in 1998, and her Bachelor’s Degree from Michigan State University in Business Management with a specialization in Materials and Logistics Management in 1994. She served as Editor of Law Review at the Detroit College of Law, and as President of Public Interest Law Society between 1995 and 1998. She is a member of the Michigan State Bar, Real Property Law Section, Ingham County Bar Association, is licensed to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, and has held a Real Estate Broker License since 2015.

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