James R. Murray — Chair of Insurance Recovery Practice at Blank Rome LLP

Mr. James R. Murray, also known as Jim, serves as Chair of Insurance Recovery Practice and Partner at Blank Rome LLP. Mr. Murray leads Blank Rome's policyholder-only insurance recovery practice, formerly the insurance practice of Dickstein Shapiro LLP. Mr. Murray assisted his clients in securing more than $400 million in insurance recoveries in the last two years alone and well over one billion dollars in the last decade on matters involving almost every line of insurance. Mr. Murray was a Leader of the insurance coverage practice at an Am Law 200 firm and a Partner in the litigation and insurance practices of an Am Law 100 firm where he served on its Partnership Evaluation and Business Development Committees. From 1996 to 2007, he was a Founding and Managing Partner of a trial practice boutique in Seattle, Washington. He was a Clerk for the Honorable James Hunter III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1981 to 1982 and was Special Assistant to William H. Webster, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from 1983 to 1985. He was an Adjunct Professor in trial advocacy at the University of Washington School of Law for many years and serves on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (both trial and deposition programs). He serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Montana College of Arts and Sciences. He has served as Secretary of the Montana State Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee and was on that committee for more than a decade. In 1981, he was a Teaching Fellow in Moral Reasoning in the Philosophy Department at Harvard University (Professor Fried). Mr. Murray is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the College's District of Columbia State Committee. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel and is listed in the National Trial Lawyers' 'Top 100 Trial Lawyers' for the District of Columbia (Civil). He has litigated cases in 24 states for top-tier corporate clients and has represented individuals and an array of religious institutions and governmental entities. He is a Member of American Bar Association; American College of Coverage and Extra Contractual Counsel; American College of Trial Lawyers; National Institute for Trial Advocacy; and The National Trial Lawyers. His Recognitions includes: Plaintiffs' Lawyers Trailblazer,' listed in The National Law Journal in 2017; Insurance Law and Litigation ' Insurance in Washington, D.C., listed in Best Lawyers in America?? (2010'2018); listed in Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (2009'2017); Insurance: Policyholder Law (DC), listed in Chambers USA (2007'2017); listed in Legal 500 (2014'2015), 2017; listed in Who's Who Legal: Insurance & Reinsurance (2009'2015), 2017; Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder Law (DC), listed in Chambers USA (2009'2016); 'Top 100 Trial Lawyer,' listed by National Trial Lawyers (2014'2016); listed in Benchmark Litigation (2009'2015); 'MVP in Insurance Coverage,' listed in Law360 (2011 and 2013); and Civil Litigation (Washington State), listed in Chambers USA (2007). His Admissions includes: District of Columbia; New York ; Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. District Court - District of Columbia; U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Washington; U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court - Western District of Washington; United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Washington. He holds JD from Harvard Law School. He holds BCL, (Rhodes Scholarship Extended) from Oxford University. He holds BA from Oxford University. He holds BA from The University of Montana.