About Kenneth Dante
Kenneth Dante Murena is a companion at Damian & Valori LLP in Miami, Florida, specializing in bankruptcy, corporate law, property law, and securities regulation. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1998 and is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Florida, in addition to the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eleventh Circuits. Mr. Murena earned his law degree from the University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, in 1998, where he served because the Senior Articles Editor for the Florida Law Review. He graduated with distinction from the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts & Sciences in 1995, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Communications, and Criminology.
Throughout his profession, Mr. Murena has represented federal and state judiciary-appointed receivers, video display units, and different fiduciaries in government enforcement movements introduced by the SEC, CFTC, and FTC, focusing on securities, commodities, and consumer deception. He has additionally represented defrauded investors in actions against perpetrators of Ponzi and different fraudulent schemes, including government enforcement actions, whistleblower hearings, and sophistication movements. In insolvency matters, Mr. Murena routinely advocates for trustees in insolvency instances and adversary proceedings. He has represented many pursuits in Chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations, which includes liquidating trustees, creditors' committees, individual and company collectors, and company debtors-in-ownership. He additionally has meaningful experience in Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors hearings, serving because the fiduciary or counsel to individuals and firms seeking to purchase the going concern or its belongings.
Before joining Damian & Valori LLP, Mr. Murena served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paul G. Hyman, Jr., United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Florida. He then joined Tew Cardenas LLP, specializing in complicated commercial litigation, receiverships. Bankruptcy. Mr. Murena is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, serving as Director of Special Projects for the Commercial Fraud Committee, and the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, where he co-chairs the Regulatory Sub-Committee.
He is also a member of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, and the Dade County Bar Association. He has been acknowledged by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2010 and 2011, and as a Super Lawyer in 2025 and 2026. Mr. Murena is fluent in Italian and has been working as an attorney for over 27 years. He may be contacted at Damian & Valori LLP, one thousand Brickell Avenue, Suite 1020, Miami, FL 33131, or by phone at (305) 371-3960.
