Tyler Murray, Esq.

SENIOR PARTNER

Tyler Murray is a partner and founding member of Murray & McCarthy Law Firm in Denver, Colorado and practices in the areas of estate planning, tax, business, and elder law.  Mr. Murray received his Masters in Taxation from the University of Denver, and his law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law.

Mr. Murray focuses his practice on tax law, assisting clients in reducing assessments owed, and planning to keep assessments down in future. Mr. Murray uses his knowledge of tax law to assist in business planning and structuring, and estate planning.

Mr. Murray is a former Chair, Vice Chair, and Treasurer of the Tax Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association.  He currently serves as the liaison the Real Estate Section’s Executive Council. Mr. Murray served two years as a board member for the Executive Council of the Colorado Bar Association.  Mr. Murray has won the prestigious designation of Super Lawyers, Rising Star, in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Prior to founding Murray & McCarthy Law, Mr. Murray was a Senior Associate Attorney and of counsel attorney at several law firms practicing business law, tax law, estate planning, and probate law.

In his free time he enjoys brewing beer, camping, and is an avid college football and basketball fan.

Mr. Murray’s publications and speaking engagements include the following:

Publications

Tyler Murray; Michelle McCarthy, Generation – Skipping Transfer Tax Strategies and Techniques, Colorado Estate Planning Handbook, Sixth Ed. (Orange Book Handbook) (David K. Johns et al. eds., CLE in Colo. Inc., Supp. 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016).

Tyler C. Murray, Taxation, in 2015 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, ( CLE in Colo., Inc. 2016).

Tyler Murray; Michelle McCarthy, The Supreme Court Weighs in on Colorado’s Attempt to Circumvent Quill in Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl, Newsletter of the Colorado Bar Association Tax Section, July 2015.

Tyler C. Murray, Taxation, in 2014 Annual Survey of Colorado Law, CLE in Colo., Inc., 2015.

Tyler Murray; Eric Zinn, Colorado and the “Amazon Tax” – Recent History, The Colorado Lawyer, June 2012, 43-53.

Tyler Murray, What If Colorado Hadn’t Lost Its Tax Battle with Amazon?, The Docket: Denver Bar Association, June 2012, 12.

Tyler Murray, New 1099-K Reporting Requirements, Newsletter of the Colorado Bar Association Tax Section, May 2012.

Tyler Murray, The Direct Marketing Association Sues The Colorado Department Of Revenue Over The “Amazon Tax“, Newsletter of the Colorado Bar Association Tax Section, December, 2010.

Tyler Murray; Michelle McCarthy, Generation – Skipping Transfer Tax Strategies and Techniques, Colorado Estate Planning Handbook, Sixth Ed. (Orange Book Handbook) (David K. Johns et al. eds., CLE in Colo. Inc., Supp. 2018)

Tyler Murray; Michelle McCarthy, Generation – Skipping Transfer Tax Strategies and Techniques, Colorado Estate Planning Handbook, Sixth Ed. (Orange Book Handbook) (David K. Johns et al. eds., CLE in Colo. Inc., Supp. 2017)

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, 2020 Legislative Tax Update, Sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association’s Tax, Real Estate, Trust and Estates and Business Law Sections, July 2020.

Speaker, Annual Tax Case Law Update, sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; January, 2020.

Speaker, Sales and Use Taxes in Colorado, National Business Institute, November, 2019

Speaker, Annual Tax Case Law Update, sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; January, 2019.

Speaker, Annual Tax Case Law Update, sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; January, 2018.

Speaker, Annual Tax Case Law Update, sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; January, 2017.

Speaker, Estate Planning for Owners of Oil and Gas Rights: Oil and Gas Lease and Royalty Taxation; Estate Administration for Owners of Oil and Gas Rights, National Business Institute, August, 2016.

Speaker, 2016 Annual Tax Legislative Update, sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; June, 2016.

Speaker, Real Estate Development Law from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, March, 2016.

Speaker, 2015 Annual Tax Case Law Update, Sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; January, 2016.

Speaker, 2015 Tax Law Case Update, Greater Denver Tax Council, January, 2016.

Speaker, Tax Issues in Forming, Operating, and Dissolving LLCs, Colorado Business Institute, sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association, October 2015.

Speaker, Annual Tax Legislative Update, sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; June, 2015.

Speaker, 2014 Annual Tax Case Update, Sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; January, 2015.

Speaker, Annual Tax Legislative Update, sponsored by the Business, Real Estate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Law Sections of the Colorado Bar Association; June, 2014.

Various, Practice Area Preview: Tax Law, Denver Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; February 25, 2014.