murray wrote a treatise on contracts and sales, "murray on contracts" , which is used by law students and practicing attorneys across america and has been cited in opinions by courts in numerous jurisdictions, including the united states supreme court. he also was the principal author of the supplements for the landmark multiple-volume treatise "corbin on contracts" . in addition, he wrote 19 books and numerous law-review articles on the law of contracts and sales. in 1992, he teamed with a former law student, jon hogue, to practice law and was a named principal and consulting partner in the pittsburgh law firm of murray, hogue and lannis. he was appointed in 2004 as a representative to the oversight authority for the city of pittsburgh by pennsylvania governor edward rendell. murray received the distinguished lifetime service award at the eighth annual international conference on contracts in fort worth in february, 2013.