Longtime lawyer-lobbyist Michael Murphy joined McCarter Government Solutions LLC in Trenton, a subsidiary of Newark-based law firm McCarter & English. Murphy is the founder of lobbying firm ImpactNJ, a former county prosecutor and a onetime gubernatorial candidate.

Murphy “has spent a lifetime in public service, starting when his stepfather, Richard J. Hughes, was governor and then chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court,” firmwide managing partner Joseph Boccassini said in a statement. “I’m very pleased that we can now offer our clients the benefits of his experience, numerous relationships, and incredible political insight.”