Lynn H. Murray

Principal

Lynn H. Murray

PHONE:
312.704.7766

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EDUCATION
University of Illinois (B.S. with high honors, 1982)

University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985)

PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • State of Illinois
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Federal Circuit and Eighth Circuits
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar)
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • Eastern District of Michigan

  

Lynn Murray's practice encompasses a wide variety of commercial litigation, with a special emphasis on intellectual property, insurance and antitrust disputes for clients such as Snap-on Tools, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Republic Technologies, CNA Insurance Company and Neopost Industrie B.V. Ms. Murray's intellectual property experience includes trials, arbitrations, preliminary injunction hearings and appeals on patent, trademark, trade dress and trade secret issues. Ms. Murray represents insurance clients in disputes relating to D & O insurance, ERISA, asbestos and mass tort coverage, and is an Editor of the upcoming ABA Manual For Complex Insurance Coverage Litigation. Ms. Murray has prosecuted, defended and counseled clients on many antitrust cases over the years. In addition to acting as trial counsel in distributor and employment litigation, Ms. Murray has negotiated global settlements of multi-dealer litigation, developed new distributor contracts and counseled clients on issues relating to dual channels, franchise disputes, independent contractor status, wrongful discharge, discrimination claims and breach of employment contracts.

Ms. Murray is the firm’s former Managing Principal and currently is a member of the firm's Executive Committee.  She has been profiled in the Chicago Lawyer (“Women Rise to Top Leadership at Three Chicago Firms”). She was voted a “Business Litigation Super Lawyer” in Chicago Magazine’s 2005-2007 editions, and as one of the “Top 50 Woman Attorneys in Illinois” in 2005 and 2007. Leading Lawyers Network identified her as one of the Top Woman Lawyers in Illinois. Ms. Murray has been named a Distinguished Alumna by the University of Illinois College of Law, and serves on the Board of Visitors for the College.

Representative cases include:

Plant Insulation Company v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., et al., No. CGC 06 448618 (Superior Ct., Cal. 2006) (insurance coverage)

Republic Tobacco, L.P. v. North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc., 2007-1 Trade Cases ¶¶ 75, 745 (N.D. Ill. 2007) (trade dress/unfair competition)

Orion IP LLC v. Snap-on Inc. et al., 6:07-cv-00296-LED (E.D. Tex. 2007) (patent)

Republic Tobacco LP v. North Atlantic Trading Co., 254 F. Supp. 2d 1007 (N.D. Ill. 2003), 381 F.3d 717 (7th Cir. 2004). Representing plaintiff Republic. Reported in National Law Journal (2/9/04) as one of the top 100 verdicts of 2003 (antitrust/defamation/unfair competition). See also National Law Journal, June 27, 2004 (“Lights, camera and . . . time to testify”); Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, July 9, 2003 (“Jury Awards Tobacco Firm $19 Million for Defamation”)

Strategic Outsourcing, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Company, 414 F. Supp. 2d 545 (W.D. N.C. 2006) (breach of contract/unfair competition/bad faith)

In re Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc., Case No. 00-41610 (RG) (U.S. Bk. Ct., Dist. N.J. 2000) (insurance coverage/breach of contract)

Columbia Management, Inc. v. Mesirow Financial, et al., No. 05 CH 06462 (Ill. Ch. Ct. 2004) (trade secret/breach of fiduciary duty)

Neopost Industrie B.V. v. PFE International, Inc., et al., No. 04 C 5047 (N.D. Ill. 2004) (patent); Printed Forms Equipment Ltd. v. Neopost, Inc. and Hasler, Inc., No. 05-cv-01556-CFD (D. Conn. 2005)

Republic Technologies North America v. BBK Tobacco & Foods, Inc., et al., No. 05 CV 00203 (N.D. Ill. 2005) (patent)

Hunter Engineering Co. v. Snap-on Incorporated, et al., Arbitration (patent)

John Daniels, et al. v. Wayne Bursey, et al., 430 F.3d 424 (7th Cir. 2005) (ERISA/fraud)

Pitney Bowes Inc. v. Hasler, Inc., et al., No. 02 C 4674 (N.D. Ill. 2002) (trade secret)

Salton, Inc. v. Sensio, et al., No 04 C 5093 (N.D. Ill. 2004) (patent/antitrust)

Fedders Corporation v. Elite Classics, et al., 268 F. Supp. 2d 1051, 279 F. Supp. 2965 (S.D. Ill. 2003) (trade dress/antitrust)

Deering Precision Instruments, L.L.C. v. Vector Distribution Systems, Inc., et al., 347 F.3d 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (patent)

Lifetime Products, Inc. v. GSC Technology Corp., 321 F. Supp. 2d 938 (N.D. Ill. 2004); Civ. Action No. 1:03CV00062 TC (Dist. Ct., Utah 2003); CV No. 04-1080 JP (D.P.R.) (patent/antitrust/fraud)

The Tirehanger Corporation v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc., et al., Case No. CV 03-6776 PA (Ex) (C.D. CA 2003) (patent/unfair competition)

Snap-on Incorporated v. Launch Tech Co., Ltd., et al., Case No. CV-04-8623AHM (PLAx) (Dist. Ct., C.D. CA 2003) (patent)