Kevin Girard Murray (born March 12, 1960) is a

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...

and a former American politician. He was the first California Assemblyman to serve alongside his father, who is Willard H. Murray Jr.

Education

Murray attended

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it has the second largest un ...

, earning a BSBA. Murray earned a

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from

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...

in 1983, and a JD from

Loyola Law School Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Catholic university in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920. Academics Degrees offered include the Juris Doctor (JD); Master of Science in Legal ...

in 1987.

Law career

Prior to his election to the assembly, Murray practiced law in the areas of entertainment, real estate, insurance, and dependency. He also provided consulting and management services to artists in the entertainment industry.

California State Assembly

Murray was an assemblyman in the

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from 1994 to 1998. He represented the 47th district, which covers an area of

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. Murray was a

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, and he served as Chair of the Transportation Committee.

California State Senate

Murray was a senator in the

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, representing the 26th district based in

Culver City, California Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. Founded in 1917 as a "whites only" sundown town, it is now an ethnically diverse city with what was called the "third-most d ...

. He was also chair of the Appropriations Committee, the Transportation Committee, the Democratic Caucus, and the California Legislative Black Caucus. Murray also served on the California Film Commission. He retired due to term limits in 2006. In the early 2000s, Senator Murray was vigorous in his advocacy on behalf of creative workers in the entertainment industry. He convened hearings in 2001 and 2002 on contracting and accounting practices in the recording industry and sponsored two bills aimed to improve the legal standing of recording artists with respect to the duration of their contracts and their ability to conduct royalty audits of their record companies. These measures were strongly opposed by the RIAA; the contract oriented bill (SB 1246, which would have amended the CA Labor Code) failed to pass, but the audit bill (SB 1034) was passed. itations forthcoming

Premier Power Renewable Energy

On December 4, 2008, Premier Power Renewable Energy announced that Kevin Murray has been elected to Premier Power's board of directors.http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=BW&Date=20081204&ID=9427042&Symbol=US:PPRW

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