Dennis D Murrell

Practice Areas

Litigation

Career

Dennis D. Murrell currently serves as a member of Gray Ice Higdon’s compensation committee. He practices in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on litigation involving intellectual property, restrictive covenants, shareholder disputes, breach of contract, and trade secrets. Mr. Murrell has tried a significant number of commercial litigation cases to verdict and has been lead counsel in dozens of preliminary injunction hearings. He is a commercial trial attorney who combines technology and the art of story to explain complicated issues and facts to juries.

On behalf of corporate clients, he has appeared in state and federal courts in Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Tennessee, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Texas, California, Ohio, and Florida, as well as the Federal Circuit. Mr. Murrell is regularly retained in “bet the company” litigation and other high profile matters, including being retained by the Kentucky Republican Caucus to investigate claims of sexual harassment and discrimination.

Professional Memberships

Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana

Work Highlights

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®

Chambers USA for Commercial Litigation in Kentucky, 2009 – 2018

Kentucky Super Lawyers® for Business Litigation 2009 – 2020

Top 50 Kentucky Super Lawyers in 2012-2019

Top 10 Kentucky Super Lawyers in 2013-2015

Benchmark Litigation, the Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, General Commercial and Intellectual Property Local Litigation Star

Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent, 2017 – 2020

2019 Louisville Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Patent

Benchmark Plaintiffs, plaintiffs litigation star

Louisville Magazine‘s Top Lawyers in bet the company litigation, business commercial law, business litigation and general litigation

The Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow

Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars, 2015 – 2019

Education