Brian J. Murray

Partner

Brian Murray leads the Chicago Office's Issues & Appeals Practice. He handles appeals in federal and state courts across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and also coordinates and tries commercial, multijurisdictional, and class action cases.

Brian's recent appellate arguments include Englewood Terrace v. U.S. (Fed. Cir. 2012), a high-profile breach of contract case against HUD; Flomo v. Firestone Natural Rubber Co. (7th Cir. 2011), affirming summary judgment in a widely publicized Alien Tort Statute case; Howland v. First American Title Insurance Co. (7th Cir. 2011), affirming class certification denial in a massive RESPA case; Coventry v. DDR (N.Y. App. 2011), affirming a dismissal in a multibillion dollar real estate dispute; and Yoost v. Caspari (Mich. App. 2011), reversing and dismissing for lack of personal jurisdiction a case against celebrity Hank Asher.

At the trial court level, Brian has tried matters to bench and jury, representing plaintiffs and defendants. Most recently, he secured a complete federal jury verdict for Marcus & Millichap in a high-profile brokerage dispute. Other recent engagements include defending environmental cases for Edison Mission affiliates; consumer fraud, antitrust, shareholder, and wage-and-hour class actions for clients including Abercrombie & Fitch, Abbott Laboratories, Empire Today, and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan; and a significant commercial arbitration for IBM.

Brian acts as the Firmwide Lateral Hiring Partner. He teaches Complex Litigation at the University of Chicago Law School. And he serves on the Seventh Circuit Bar Association (chair, Membership Committee), the American Inns of Court Foundation Board (Seventh Circuit trustee), and the National Immigrant Justice Center's Litigation Steering Committee.