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Robert
P. Murrian
Partner
800 S. Gay Street, Ste. 2500
Knoxville, Tennessee 37929
T: (865) 525-5134, Ext. 166
F: (865) 522-5723
rpmurrian@kramer-rayson.com |
Bob
Murrian graduated from the University of Tennessee College
of Law in 1974. He served as a law clerk to The Honorable
Robert L. Taylor, United States District Judge, and
was in private practice until 1978 when he was appointed
to the position of United States Magistrate Judge for
the Eastern District Tennessee. He has served as an
Adjunct Professor at the University of Tennessee College
of Law and a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation.
He is a member of the Honorary Societies of Phi Kappa
Phi and The Order of the Coif. He served 24 years as
a United States Magistrate Judge, performing a variety
of duties in the areas of criminal and civil law. He
retired from the federal bench in February of 2002 and
has developed a practice focusing on mediation, arbitration,
special master assignments and the area of commercial and employment litigation. He is an approved mediator and arbitrator in United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
and is a Rule 31 listed mediator (general civil), Tennessee
Supreme Court. Judge Murrian is listed in the alternative
dispute resolution section of The Best Lawyers in America,
2005-2008. He is a panel member of several national alternative dispute resolution providers.
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Education
- University of Tennessee, J.D., 1974
- United States Naval Academy, B.S., Engineering
- Post Graduate Training, Nuclear Ship Propulsion
Admitted
- State Bar of Tennessee
- United States District Courts for the Eastern and
Middle Districts of Tennessee
- United States Court of Appeals
Memberships
- Knoxville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Order of the Coif
Honors and Achievements
- Submarine Officer, U.S. Navy
- Served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert L.
Taylor, U.S. District Judge
- Served as U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern
District of Tennessee 1978-2002
- Served as an Adjunct Professor at the University
of Tennessee College of Law
- Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Association and Knoxville Bar Association
- Approved Mediator and Arbitrator
- Listed in the Best Lawyers of America 2005
-2008 (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
- President, Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court,
1997-98; Emeritus Member
- Tennessee Bar Association Law through Liberty Award,
1997
- Leadership Knoxville, 1989
- Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference
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