Paul Murphy spent eleven years as an Essex County, Massachusetts Assistant District Attorney, supervising several of the Commonwealth's busiest district courthouses, before building a reputation as a noted criminal-defense trial attorney. The unexpected twist to this story is that, at the same time, under the pseudonym of Paul D'Angelo, Paul was simultaneously becoming one of the nation's top stand-up comedians with appearances at venues from Boston, to New York, to Vegas, the West Coast and a great deal of stops in between.