Margaret Murphy is the Center for Medicare Advocacy's Associate Director. Located in the Center's Connecticut office, Ms. Murphy supervises the Center's Medicare administrative appeals projects and the work of the Center's attorneys and staff. Prior to joining the Center in June, 2008, Ms. Murphy worked for more than 20 years as a trusts and estates attorney. Ms. Murphy has been appointed by Connecticut probate courts to represent incapacitated adults, and has been an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac Law School. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, and the Executive Committee of the Elder Law Section.  She speaks and writes frequently on Medicare and other legal issues.  Ms. Murphy has a JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law and her BA from Mt. Holyoke College.