D.J. Murphy graduated from Harvard University and Georgetown University Law Center. As an international corporation lawyer, he worked for law firms in New York City, Paris, and Ohio, representing large multinational companies as well as, pro bono publico, refugees seeking asylum in America. He was also active in many community and international business organizations. In 1999 he retired from the practice of law in order to teach and write. He taught for five years as a Visiting Professor at Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Bordeaux, France. He divides his time between Colorado in the U.S.A. and southwest France.