William F. McMurry is the only Kentucky lawyer Board Certified as a medical malpractice and legal malpractice trial specialist by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (ABPLA).William F. McMurry is also civil trial Board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) and has been practicing law in Kentucky for 32 years. William F. McMurry is also Martindale & Hubble peer review rated for ethical standards and legal ability. This level of specialization can increase jury awards as well as out-of-court settlements. William F. McMurry welcomes the opportunity to work for you.

While Kentucky does not certify specialists in any field of practice, William F. McMurry has the credentials allowing him to be identified as a "specialist" under the rules of the Kentucky Bar Association in the fields of medical malpractice and legal malpractice. Mr. McMurry also concentrates his practice in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death litigation, and insurance bad faith lawsuits.

 

William F. McMurry in The Huffington Post

Child Sex Abuse: "Go, and Sin No More"

November 17, 2011 - In the spring of 2002, I filed suit for the first of 243 victims of priest sexual abuse committed within the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky. That same spring, Jerry Sandusky, an assistant coach of football at Penn State witnessed a 10 year-old boy being raped in the Penn State locker room. Like the bishops in the Catholic Church, Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno sought to protect the institution they loved rather than the children they were obligated to protect.

William F. McMurry in the News

William F. McMurry Presents Lecture at the State Bar of California's Annual Convention

June 17, 2011 - William F. McMurry presented a lecture at the State Bar of California's Annual Convention in Long Beach, California. He spoke to the California Bar on The Exercise of a Lawyer’s Professional Judgment (The Judgmental Immunity Defense), an adaptation of How We Decide, by author Jonah Lehrer.

William F. McMurry Elected ABPLA President

June 11, 2010 - William F. McMurry was elected President of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (ABPLA.org) at the Annual Meeting of the ABPLA in Atlanta, Georgia. He succeeds former Presidents, Tommy Malone, Harvey Wachsman and Phillip H. Corboy.

Frost Law Firm Settles Malpractice Suit

February 10, 2011 - Law firm Frost Brown Todd on Thursday settled a lawsuit filed by a former client who accused it of legal malpractice. Shane’s attorney, William McMurry, said he could not discuss the settlement but that his client was “delighted.” He said he had tried to resolve the case before it came to trial, but “there was just no movement. We were miles apart. Sometimes it takes a courtroom and a jury to get the parties to come together.”

Giving Back to the Community – Donating Trial Skills to Those in Need

Klan Ordered to Pay $2.5 Million in Civil Trial

November 15, 2008 - Morris Dees of the The Southern Poverty Law Center working in conjunction with Willaim F. McMurry and Steven R. Crebessa as co-counsel represented Jordan Gruver, 19 in this suit against the Imperial Klans of America (IKA) and four Klansmen. Dees & McMurry argued that Ron Edwards, the Klan group's Imperial Wizard, recklessly bred an atmosphere of hate and violence and was liable for Gruver's July 2006 beating at the hands of his Klansmen, even though he didn't order it.