Kenneth Dante Murena

Mr. Murena 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, clawback and class actions arising therefrom, and complex commercial and fraud litigation matters. Mr. Murena is an astute business litigator with extensive experience in both Federal and State Court, at the trial and appellate levels, representing individuals, small businesses, public companies, and Fiduciaries in commercial and real property disputes and in securities, commodities and consumer fraud litigation matters. 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, and 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 typically serves as the Fiduciary, charged with operating, winding down or selling a going concern, liquidating assets and distributing proceeds to creditors, or as counsel to individuals and companies seeking to purchase the going concern or its assets. After graduating from law school in 1998, Mr. Murena served as the Law Clerk to 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.

• Fraud
• Litigation

Florida

Since 1998

3rd Circuit

Since 2001

11th Circuit

Since 2001

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Since 1999

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida

Since 1999

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Since 1999

University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor

1998

University of Florida

B.A. (1995) | Sociology, Communications & Criminology

1991 - 1995

Honors: With Honors

Activities: Phi Beta Kappa, Hall of Fame - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Anderson Scholar of the Highest Distinction

Rising Stars - Top Young Lawyers

Super Lawyers

2010

Florida Legal Elite

Florida Trend

2009

American Bankruptcy Institute

Director of Special Projects - Commercial Fraud Committee

2015 - Current

National Association of Federal Equity Receivers

Co-Chair - Regulatory Sub-Committee

2013 - Current

Florida State Bar  # 147486

Member

1998 - Current