James R. Murray

Jim Murray leads Blank Rome LLP’s policyholder-only insurance recovery practice. He is the only policyholder trial lawyer in the United States who is a fellow of both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Coverage Counsel. 
 
Jim has litigated cases in 24 states for top-tier corporate clients and has represented individuals and an array of religious institutions and government entities. Jim has assisted clients in securing well over one billion dollars on matters involving almost every line of insurance.
 
His industry recognitions in leading legal surveys and publications span more than 20 years, and include being ranked nationally as a leader and trailblazer in insurance by Chambers USA, where he is ranked Band 1 in the District of Columbia; Best Lawyers in America, which named him its 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for Insurance Litigation in Washington, D.C.; National Trial Lawyers, which honored him as a “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” for the District of Columbia (Civil); The Legal 500 United States; Benchmark Litigation; Who’s Who Legal; the National Law Journal; BTI Consulting Group “Client Service All-Stars”; and Law360, which twice named him an “MVP” in the insurance coverage field. Jim was selected as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the Na...