Matt Murphy is a legal analyst for ABC News and an attorney in private practice in Southern California. He was a Senior Deputy District Attorney in Orange County California.

Matt spent 21 years assigned to the sexual assault and homicide units where he prosecuted some of the most notorious murder cases in the state of California.

He completed 132 jury trials in his career as a prosecutor, including 52 while he was assigned to the homicide unit. He worked as an adjunct professor of law for 7 years. In addition to his work for ABC news, Matt is in private practice representing victims of sexual abuse and some select criminal defense cases.

He's also been regularly appearing on iCrime and NewsNation with Elizabeth Vargas providing analysis on Criminal cases in the news.