Murphy J Foster, III

Practice Areas

Construction

Labor & Employment

Public Bid Laws

Associations and Nonprofits

Government Contracts

Career

Murphy Foster is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale Sachse and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. His principal areas of practice include construction litigation and employment and traditional labor law. He brings over 40 years of experience representing businesses in Construction and Labor matters and has successfully litigated numerous high profile construction and employment cases throughout the country. Mr. Foster is the former Chairman of the Labor & Employment Law section of the Louisiana State Bar Association and is a member of the Construction Industry team as well as the Labor & Employment Practice section at Breazeale Sachse.

Mr. Foster has been selected by his peers to be included in the “Best Lawyers in America” for his work in the practice areas of construction, labor law-management and litigation, and was selected "Lawyer of the Year" in Labor Law - Management in Baton Rouge by The Best Lawyers in America® 2017 and Lawyer of the Year for Litigation - Construction in 2023. Mr. Foster is also recognized by Chambers, USA, for his experience in both the areas of construction and labor & employment law. Chambers defines Mr. Foster as a “very savvy” practitioner, who “gets good results for his clients” with an “aggressive litigation reputation” and respected throughout the region. Mr. Foster was also named to America’s Leading Business Lawyers as “the best known labor and employment attorney in Baton Rouge” and Who’s Who Legal as “one of Louisiana’s top flight labor lawyers.” As General Counsel to the Louisiana Associated General Contractors, and the Pelican Chapter of the Associated Builders’ and Contractors, Mr. Foster is also respected for his extensive experience in litigating large construction related disputes. Chambers describes Mr. Foster as, “An experienced, assertive attorney” who “puts a bit of fear into opponents.” Mr. Foster is a Charter Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA). He received the 2018 CLSA Distinguished Speaker Award and Breazeale Sachse was awarded the CLSA Law Firm of the Year Award.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, Order of Maximus, Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA)

General Counsel, Louisiana Associated General Contractors

General Counsel, Louisiana Pelican Chapter of the Associated Builders & Contractors

General Counsel, Louisiana Concrete Association f/k/a Concrete & Aggregates Association of Louisiana

General Counsel, Louisiana Asphalt Pavement Association

Immediate Past Chairman of Policy and Bylaws Committee, Associated Builders and Contractors, National

Immediate Past Board Parliamentarian, Associated Builders and Contractors, National

Labor & Employment Law Section, Past Chairman, Louisiana State Bar Association

Past Chair Labor & Employment Law Council (2018-2019), Associated General Contractors of America

Fellow, Louisiana State Bar Foundation

Member, American Bar Association

General Counsel, Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge

Former General Counsel, Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors

Litigation Counsel of America, Senior Fellow

Education

Publications

“When ICE Comes to the Jobsite”, March 2025

“The Corporate Transparency Act”, March 2025

“What You Need to Know About the New Corporate Transparency Act”, October 2024

“EEOC's New Anti-Harassment Guidance”, July 2024

“Judiciary vs. Bureaucracy - The Death of the Chevron Doctrine”, July 2024

Practique du droit des affaires aux Etats-Unis’s, a French treatise on law in the United States authored by Ralph H. Folsom and Alain A. Levasseur, contributing author

Mr. Foster has had numerous articles on Labor and Employment and Construction litigation published in multiple journals and publications

Louisiana Employment Laws & Regulations published by LABI Press, co-author