In 1996 Mr. Murphy established D. S. Murphy & Associates. In 2004, Mr. Murphy was appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue to the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board where he is actively working to improve the laws and more closely regulate appraisers in Georgia. He has served as the Chairman of the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board for the past three years. Mr. Murphy is an active member of the Appraisal Institute, the National Associates of Realtors, the Northeast Metro Atlanta Board of Realtors, Georgia Real Estate Fraud Prevention and Awareness Coalition.