 Murray was an associate at the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell until 1955.After that, he was a partner at the law firm of Forsyth Decker Murray & Hubbard in New York until 1979 and at the law firm of Murray and Rossmoore in Greenwich, CT, before he retired in 1983.His public service included serving as a member of Greenwich's Representative Town Meeting from 1968-1978 and the Board of Estimate and Taxation from 1978-1988.