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Dennis E. Murray Sr. 
Sandusky, Ohio
Partner
phone (866) 491-4466
(419) 987-4067
fax (419) 624-0707
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Areas of Practice:
Plaintiffs' Jury Trial Practice
Securities Litigation
Bad Faith Insurance Company Litigation
Toxic Tort Class Actions
Serious Personal Injury
Wrongful Death Actions
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certification/Specialties:
Certified Public Accountant


Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 1963
Ohio, 1964
Florida, 1967
U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1971
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1968
U.S. Supreme Court, 1971
Education:
The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1963
J.D.


College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1961
B.S.


Published Works:
Corporate Constituencies: Whose Corporation is it Anyway? The Corporate Analyst, February, 1989


Bad Faith Litigation: Plaintiff's Viewpoint, Prosecuting Major Insurance Bad Faith Claims, 1989


The Unconstitutionality of Sovereign Immunity in Ohio: Last Stand for the Illegitimate King, 18 University of Toledo Law Review 77, 1987


Representative Cases:
Ruta v. Breckenridge-Remy Co., 430 N.E.2d 935 (Ohio 1982)
Bolling v. Clevepak Corp., 484 N.E.2d 1367 (Ohio App. 6 Dist. 1984)
Phung v. Waste Management, Inc., 491 N.E.2d 1114 (Ohio 1986)
Armstrong v. Marathon Oil Co., 513 N.E.2d 776 (Ohio 1987)
Warner v. Waste Management, Inc., 521 N.E.2d 1091 (Ohio 1988)
Phung v. Waste Management, 71 Ohio St.3d 408 (Ohio 1994)
Zappo v. Homestead Insurance Company, 71 Ohio St.3d 552 (Ohio 1994)
Leber v. Smith, 70 Ohio St.3d 548 (Ohio 1994)
Borsick V. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 68 Ohio St.3d 1221 (Ohio 1994)
Cope v. Metro Life Ins. Co., 82 Ohio St.3d 426 (Ohio 1998)
Della Bovi v. Pacific Indemn. Co., 85 Ohio St.3d 343 (Ohio 1999)
Polikoff v. Adam, 67 Ohio St.3d 100 (Ohio 1993)
Borsick v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co, 68 Ohio St.3d 81 (Ohio 1993)
Motorist Mut. Ins. Co. v. Said, 63 Ohio St.3d 690 (Ohio 1992)
Stepak v. Schey, 51 Ohio St.3d 8 (Ohio 1990)
State, ex. Rel. Ohio Co. v. Maschari, 51 Ohio St.3d 18 (Ohio 1990)
Crosby v. Beam, 47 Ohio St.3d 105 (Ohio 1989)
Miller v. Wikel Mfg. Co., Inc., 46 Ohio St.3d 76 (Ohio 1989)
Digital v. Analog Design Corp. v. North Supply Co., 44 Ohio St.3d 36 (Ohio 1989)
Warner v. Waste Management, Inc., 36 Ohio St.3d 91 (Ohio 1988)
Carney v. McAfee, 35 Ohio St.3d 52 (Ohio 1988)
Armstrong v. Marathon Oil Co., 32 Ohio St.3d 397 (Ohio 1987)
Phung v. Waste Management, Inc., 23 Ohio St.3d 100 (Ohio 1986)
Yeager v. Local Union 20, 6 Ohio St.3d 369 (Ohio 1983)
Ruta v. Breckenridge-Remy Co., 69 Ohio St.2d 140 (Ohio 1982)
Roberts v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 75 Ohio St.3d 630 (Ohio 1996)
Weston v. Weston Paper & Meg. Co., 74 Ohio St.3d 377 (Ohio 1996)
McConocha v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield Mut. Of Ohio, 930 F. Supp 1182 (N.D.Ohio 1996)
Dowling v. Narragansett Capital Corp., 735 F.Supp. 1105 (DRI 1990)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Supreme Court of Ohio, 1983 - 1988
Bar Examiner


Supreme Court of Ohio, Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1989 - 1992
Board of Commissioners


Erie County Bar Association, 1983 - 1984
President


Ohio State Bar Association
Member


State Bar of Michigan
Member


The Florida Bar
Member


The American Association for Justice, f/k/a ATLA
Member


The Ohio Association for Justice, f/k/a OATL
Member


American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member


Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants
Member


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