NewsMakers ’26: Perseverance, courage mark Kevin Murphy’s life in law, community, and his own experiences

NewsMakers ’26: Perseverance, courage mark Kevin Murphy’s life in law, community, and his own experiences

NewsMakers ’26: Perseverance, courage mark Kevin Murphy’s life in law, community, and his own experiences(Editor’s note: This is the fifth of six stories honoring the NKyTribune’s ’26 NewsMakers of the year.) By Laura Kroeger NKyTribune staff writer Kevin Murphy arrived in Northern Kentucky in 1978 with two suitcases, a carry-on, and a bag of old golf clubs. The born and bred New Yorker sold his car and saved enough money to pay for a year of Ch…