Kenneth Dante Murena - a Miami, Florida (FL) Business & Commercial Litigation Lawyer

Miami Business & Commercial Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Business & Commercial Litigation 20%
Fraud Litigation 15%
Bankruptcy Litigation 15%
Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights 15%
Receivership 15%
Real Estate Litigation 10%
Real Estate Transactions 5%
Appellate Advocacy 5%

Litigation: 60%

Attorney Information

Overview

Kenneth Dante Murena is a Federal Court-appointed Receiver, Receiver’s counsel, and business litigator with extensive experience in both Federal and State Court, at the trial and appellate levels. He has spent most of his career representing Federal and State Court-appointed Receivers, Monitors, Distribution Agents and other fiduciaries, as well as defrauded investors, in government enforcement actions brought by the SEC, CFTC and FTC based on securities, commodities and consumer fraud, and in asset recovery litigation and class actions arising therefrom. Mr. Murena also represents individuals, small businesses, and public companies in litigation matters involving fraud, business torts, secured transactions, and real property.

Mr. Murena also routinely represents Trustees in Bankruptcy cases and adversary proceedings and has represented a broad range of interests in Bankruptcy Court, including Liquidating Trustees, Creditors Committees, individual and corporate creditors, including financial institutions and private lenders, and corporate debtors-in-possession in Chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations. In addition, Mr. Murena has significant experience in Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors proceedings, in which he serves as (i) the fiduciary, tasked with operating, winding down or selling a company that is the subject of the proceeding, liquidating assets and distributing proceeds to creditors, (ii) counsel for the subject company, or (iii) counsel to the party seeking to purchase the subject company or its assets.

After graduating from law school in 1998, Mr. Murena served as the Law Clerk to the Honorable Paul G. Hyman, Jr., United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Subsequently, he joined a prominent Miami-based law firm and focused his practice on complex commercial litigation, receiverships and bankruptcy.

Mr. Murena was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1998 and is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Florida and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eleventh Circuits. Mr. Murena received his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law (J.D., 1998), where he served as the Senior Articles Editor for the Florida Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (B.A., with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1995), graduating in the top 1% of his class.

Awards and Honors

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Past Lists

2025 Florida Super Lawyers list
2013 Florida Super Lawyers list
2011 Florida Super Lawyers list
2010 Florida Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1998
  J.D.
  Honors: Legal Research & Writing (Honors, 1995; Assistant Instructor, 1996)
  Honors: Appellate Advocacy (Honors, 1996; Assistant Instructor, 1997)
  Law Review: Florida Law Review, Senior Articles Editor, 1997 - 1998
  Law Journal: University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, Senior Articles Editor, 1996 - 1997
Non Legal Education
- University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, 1995
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Honors: Hall of Fame
  Honors: Four - Year Outstanding Scholar (Top 1%)
  Honors: Anderson Scholar of the Highest Distinction
  Honors: President's Honor Roll

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Past Positions

Tew Cardenas LLP, Attorney, 1999 - 2006
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judicial Law Clerk, 1998 - 1999

Representative Cases

E.S. Bankest, LLC v. United Bevenage Florida, LLC (In Re United Container)
- Citation: 284 B.R. 162
- Court: Bankr. S.D. Fla.
- Year: 2002
Flemming v. Air Sunshine. Inc.
- Citation: 311 F.3d 282
- Court: 3rd Cir.
- Year: 2002
Harbauge v. Greslin
- Citation: 436 F.Supp. 2d 1315
- Court: S.D. Fla.
- Year: 2006
Harbauge v. Greslin
- Citation: 218 Fed. Appx 950
- Court: 11th Cir.
- Year: 2007

Bar Admissions

Florida, 1998
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2001
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2001
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2001

Other Affiliations

Florida Bar, Business Law Section, 1998 - Present (Member)
American Bar Association, 1998 - Present
Dade County Bar Association, 1998 - Present

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Contact

Miami, FL

1000 Brickell Avenue
Suite 1020
Miami, FL 33131

Directions

Phone: (305) 371-3960

Fax: (305) 371-3965

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Website: https://www.dvllp.com (Firm Website)

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