Dennis Murrell

Principal Partner

Phone: (502) 625-2717

Honors & Awards

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

Overview

Dennis 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 many commercial litigation cases to verdict and has been lead counsel in over fifty 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,  Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Texas, and has argued in front of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Kentucky Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, the Sixth Circuit and the Seventh Circuit.  Mr. Murrell is regularly retained in “bet the company” litigation and other high profile matters.  Dennis D. Murrell currently serves as a member of Gray Ice Higdon’s compensation committee.

Practice Areas

Admissions

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

Education

University of Cincinnati, J.D., 1991

University of Kentucky, B.A., 1987