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Biography

Ken Murphy is the Chair of the IBA's Bar Issues Commission (2023-2024) and a Member of the IBA Management Board. He is a solicitor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland of which he was the Director General for 26 years. On his retirement as Director General in 2021, he was the longest serving Chief Executive Officer of any national Bar or law society in the world. Prior to his appointment as Director General in 1995, he practiced in one of Ireland's largest commercial law firms, A&L Goodbody, where he became a partner in 1990. He practiced primarily in litigation and in EU and competition law including, for four years, in the firm's Brussels office. He has served on numerous IBA committees and task forces, including as Chair of the BIC's Policy Committee in 2022. Before work with the IBA, he was active for many years with the International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives and the Chief Executives of European Bar Associations. In both of these associations, he served terms as the elected president.