Practices

• Government Services
  • Municipal, Townships & Counties

Biography

Kevin Charles Murray concentrates his practice in governmental services and serves as General Counsel to Marion County Sheriff Kerry J. Forestal. He formerly served as General Counsel to Sheriff John Layton, Sheriff Frank Anderson, Special Counsel to Governor Joseph E. Kernan, and Senate Parliamentarian to Lt. Governor Katherine L. Davis.  Kevin served upon the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Consolidation Advisory Committee to help create a new police agency for Indianapolis. As Counsel to Sheriff Frank Anderson, he successfully resolved a 35-year federal litigation case over unconstitutional jail conditions.

For over 40 years, Kevin has been involved in Indiana government and has extensive previous experience with the Indiana General Assembly. From 1975-1979, he was an assistant to the Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus. In 1980, Kevin served as legal counsel to then Senator Frank O’Bannon and the Democratic Senators during the annual legislative session of the Indiana General Assembly. From 1981-1986, he provided legal counsel to the Democratic Representatives during the annual legislative sessions of the Indiana General Assembly. In 1997, he was named Counsel for the Senate Democratic Caucus.  Then Lt. Governor Joseph Kernan selected Kevin to serve as his Parliamentarian for the Indiana Senate in 1999, and he served Lt. Governor Davis in that capacity during 2003-2004. Kevin served as Parliamentarian to the Indiana Democratic Party (2003-2012).

From September 2003 to January 2005, Kevin served as Special Counsel to Governor Joseph Kernan.  During that time, he also served as the Governor’s Policy Director for Indiana’s Gaming Agencies-the Hoosier Lottery, the Indiana Gaming Commission, and the Indiana Horse Racing Commission. Previously, he served as Special Counsel to the Indiana Lottery.

Kevin’s previous litigation practice focused primarily on health care (1979-2003), and included the successful defense of numerous physicians and hospitals, as well as the Indiana Department of Insurance’s Patient’s Compensation Fund.  He formerly chaired the Medical Malpractice Section of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DTCI), and Locke Reynolds’ Medical Malpractice Defense Group. Kevin is the author of several publications and has been a speaker for the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Indiana University School of Law, and Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA).

Kevin has been active in State Law Resources, an international network of law firms focusing on governmental activities in capitol cities, since 2000. He served as SLR Secretary and Board Member for several years. Mr. Murray served as the President of SLR in 2014.