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Kenneth Dante Murena - Miami, FL
1000 Brickell AvenueSuite 1020 Miami, FL 33131
Damian & Valori LLP | Culmo Trial Attorneys
Updated: 02/13/2019
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Miami Business & Commercial Litigation Lawyer
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...
MoreKenneth 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... 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.
About Kenneth Dante Murena
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Practice Areas
- 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%
Representative Cases
Qualifications
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
Past Positions
- Tew Cardenas LLP, Attorney, 1999 - 2006
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judicial Law Clerk, 1998 - 1999
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 Journal: University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, Senior Articles Editor, 1996 - 1997 - 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
Office Information
Address
1000 Brickell AvenueSuite 1020 Miami, FL 33131
Phone
Fax
- (305) 371-3965
Websites
- https://www.dvllp.com (Firm Website)
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