Paul Murphy was appointed Regional Director of the Buffalo Regional Office (Region 3) in 2017. He began his career with the National Labor Relations Board as a co-op Field Examiner in Cleveland (Region 8) in 1979 and returned there as a full-time employee in 1980. He transferred to Region 3 in 1982. He was promoted to Supervisory Examiner in 1997 and Region 3's Assistant to the Regional Director in 2007.

Mr. Murphy received his B.S. in economics from SUNY Geneseo in 1978 and a Masters in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1980.