O. Russel Murray
888-416-5247 (Toll-Free)
O. Russel Murray. Mr. Murray is a business litigation and corporate transaction attorney with over 30 years of experience. After receiving his LLM from Northwestern University Law School in 1977, Russel began his career as a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, in Washington, D.C., where he also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. In 1980, he returned to Denver with a large law firm, where he practiced until he and Mr. Downey formed Downey & Murray. Mr. Murray's litigation and arbitration experience ranges from complex multi-district antitrust litigation, to contract disputes, real estate and construction matters, telecommunications, oil and gas, and securities fraud. He has also served as transaction counsel on multi-million dollar real estate, business, and oil and gas acquisitions and divestitures, including several large projects in Latin America. His experience in real estate matters includes commercial and residential development projects and related matters. More recently, Mr. Murray has become one of the leading business and commercial Alternative Dispute Resolution professionals in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region and has published numerous articles on ADR and is the author of a book: The Mediation Handbook: Effective Strategies for Litigators (Bradford Publishing 2006).
Areas of Practice
- General Real Estate and Corporate Practice
- Natural Resources
- Business Entity Formation
- Corporate Transactions/Acquisitions, Mergers, and Divestitures
- Business and Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate and Construction Litigation
- Antitrust and Securities Litigation
- Shareholder and Partner Disputes/Non-compete Litigation
- Business Torts Litigation
- Trade Secrets Litigation
- Arbitration, Mediation, ADR Counsel
Certified Legal Specialties
- ABA Advanced Arbitration Training Institute
- NASD Arbitrator Panel Member Training
- ABA Advanced Mediation Training
- Mediation Training, CDR Associates
- Harvard Program on Negotiation
Education
- Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- LL.M. - 1977
- Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1976
- Honors: Moot Court Honors Program
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
- B.S. - 1973
Published Works
- Antitrust Law for the General Practitioner (Co-Author), Section on Practical Considerations in Fed Antitrust Grand Jury Investigations
- The Role of Relevant Market Analysis in Sherman Act Section 2 Conspiracy to Monopolize Cases
- The Mediation Handbook: Effective Strategies for Litigators, Bradford Publishing, 2006
- Arbitrator and Mediator Disclosure Obligations in Colorado, The Colorado Lawyer, 2005
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker/Lecturer, Representing the Professional Practice and Protecting Your Business When Employees Leave, CLE Seminars on Litigation and Business Matters, (including Program Chair and Lecturer)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Litigation, Business, and Dispute Resolution Sections, American Bar Association (and various committees), Member , 1980 - Present
- ABA/DR Section Sub-Committee to Draft Guidelines for Arbitrator Disclosures, Chair
- Sub-Committee of the ABA/DR Section, Member, Ethics Committee
- Colorado Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Chair , 2008 - 2009
- Colorado Lawyers Committee, Member
- The Colorado Judicial Institute, Member
- Colorado Association of Corporate Counsel, Member
- American Inns of Court, Rhone-Brackett Chapter, Member
- Colorado Bar Association, Member
- California Bar Association, Member
- District of Colombia Bar Association, Member
