Zevan Murphy LLC

What Zevan Murphy LLC does

Zevan Murphy LLC is a boutique plaintiff-side law firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1995 by David Zevan. The firm represents individuals in Missouri and Illinois across three core practice areas: medical malpractice (including birth injury, surgical errors, failure to diagnose, medication errors, and anesthesia errors), personal injury (car and truck accidents, wrongful death, nursing home abuse, slip and fall), and product liability (defective drugs, medical devices, consumer products, and workplace equipment). The firm is led by founding partner David Zevan and Managing Partner Morgan Murphy, who previously served as medical malpractice defense counsel. The team comprises four attorneys (Zevan, Murphy, Anna Haber, Michelle Onder) supported by four staff in paralegal, intake, and executive assistant roles, for a total headcount of approximately eight to ten.

The firm's business model is professional services on a contingency fee basis: clients pay no upfront legal fees and the firm is compensated only as a percentage of any recovery. Case acquisition is driven primarily by referrals from other law firms (including named co-counsel relationships with Brown & Crouppen and other plaintiff firms), direct client free consultations, and the firm's own content marketing through blog, social media, and Google reviews. The firm reports a track record of high-value verdicts, including $14.2M, $7.25M, $6.8M, $6.5M, and $5.5M outcomes across failure-to-diagnose, birth injury, and product liability cases. The firm has no proprietary technology platform, no disclosed software product, and no AI tools; its competitive moat rests on attorney expertise, reputation, and the referral network built over nearly three decades of practice.

Name

Zevan Murphy LLC

Legal name

Zevan Murphy, LLC.

Website

https://zevanmurphy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Zevan Murphy LLC is a St. Louis-based boutique law firm founded in 1995 that represents individuals in medical malpractice, birth injury, personal injury, and product liability cases across Missouri and Illinois on a contingency fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services - Medical Malpractice Litigation

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Medical malpractice law
• Personal injury litigation
• Birth injury law
• Product liability law
• Contingency fee legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Fees - Contingency: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis, meaning they do not charge legal fees unless they recover money for clients. Fees are based on a percentage of any recovery made for the client.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Zevan Murphy LLC is a boutique plaintiff-side law firm that provides legal representation to individuals harmed by medical malpractice, birth injuries, personal injury accidents, and defective products in Missouri and Illinois. The firm litigates cases on a contingency-fee basis, so clients pay no attorney fees unless the firm recovers compensation. It also offers co-counsel services to other plaintiff law firms for complex litigation.

Product overview

Zevan Murphy LLC is a boutique medical malpractice law firm offering legal services across three primary practice areas: Medical Malpractice Legal Services, Personal Injury Legal Services, and Product Liability Legal Services. The firm was founded in 1995 and represents clients in Missouri and Illinois. The practice also includes Co-Counsel Services for collaboration with other law firms on complex cases. The firm's attorneys have nearly 70 years of combined experience litigating medical malpractice and birth injury cases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Malpractice Legal Services Legal representation for victims of medical negligence in cases involving anesthesia errors, birth injuries, emergency room errors, failure to diagnose, medication errors, misdiagnosis, surgical errors, strokes, and nursing home abuse. Service is provided to individuals and families in Missouri and Illinois on a contingency fee basis.
• Personal Injury Legal Services Legal representation for victims of personal injury including car accidents, truck accidents, electrocution, gas explosions, nursing home abuse, slip and fall, wrongful death, and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. Service is provided to individuals in Missouri and Illinois on a contingency fee basis.
• Product Liability Legal Services Legal representation for victims of defective products including defective drugs, defective medical devices, defective consumer products, defective workplace equipment, and car defect injuries. Service is provided to individuals in Missouri and Illinois on a contingency fee basis.
• Co-Counsel Services Collaboration with other plaintiff law firms to handle complex personal injury, medical malpractice, and defective product cases requiring extensive time and specialized resources. Offered to other attorneys in Missouri and Illinois, including long-standing referral relationships with firms such as Brown & Crouppen.

Quantifiable outcome

• $6.5 Million - Failure to diagnose an infection
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Brown & CrouppencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrown & Crouppen referred a case to Zevan Murphy involving loss of a loved one due to alleged medical malpractice. The firms worked together on the matter, with Zevan Murphy's specialization proving complementary to Brown & Crouppen's practice areas.
• Other Plaintiff Law FirmscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple plaintiff law firms refer medical malpractice cases to Zevan Murphy due to the firm's specialized expertise. Testimonials from attorneys at various firms indicate ongoing referral relationships for complex medical malpractice and personal injury cases.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Perecman Firm: New York-based plaintiff personal injury and medical malpractice firm. Comparable contingency-fee, trial-driven boutique model with similar verdicts-driven marketing approach.
• Anapol Weiss: Philadelphia-based plaintiff firm with a recognized medical malpractice and personal injury practice. Comparable boutique-style specialization in complex medical negligence matters with a contingency-fee model.
• Brown & Crouppen: St. Louis-based plaintiff personal injury and medical malpractice firm with a comparable contingency-fee model. Explicitly identified in Zevan Murphy's referral network as a co-counsel partner, making it the closest comparable in geography and practice mix.
• Levin & Perconti: Chicago-based plaintiff medical malpractice and personal injury firm with decades of experience representing injured patients. Direct competitor in the MO/IL medical malpractice plaintiff market with similar case mix and contingency-fee structure.
• Simmons Hanly Conroy: Illinois-based plaintiff firm with a strong medical malpractice and mass tort practice serving both Missouri and Illinois. Comparable contingency-fee model and overlapping jurisdiction make it a direct regional competitor and referral counterparty.
• TorHoerman Law: Midwest plaintiff firm with strong medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury practices. Comparable regional scope and contingency-fee model with overlapping target case mix.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: Nationwide plaintiff personal injury powerhouse with significant medical malpractice capacity. Operates broader than Zevan Murphy but competes for the same contingency-fee medmal cases and has the marketing budget to influence lead generation in MO/IL.
• Sokolove Law: National mass-tort and plaintiff firm with heavy paid-marketing infrastructure. Competes for medical malpractice and injury leads in MO/IL through aggressive digital advertising rather than local bar relationships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/zevanmurphy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zevan-murphy-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/zevanmurphy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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