About Jack Murrett

Jack Murrett (John C. Murrett, Jr.) is a senior trial attorney at The Barnes Firm's Buffalo, NY office with extensive experience in personal injury litigation. Before joining the plaintiffs' bar, he served as a senior trial attorney for a Fortune 500 property and casualty insurance company, giving him insider knowledge of insurance claim evaluation and resolution. He represents clients in automobile accidents and other serious injury cases, and has lectured judges in the New York State Magistrate's training course and fellow attorneys through the Bar Association of Erie County's Negligence Committee.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$19.45 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2000 · #6

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

Erie County Supreme Court (Justice Christopher J. Burns); affirmed as modified, NY App. Div. 4th Dep't, Dec. 21, 2001 · 2000Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University at Buffalo School of Law / University of Detroit
J.D., 1981
Canisius College
Undergraduate, 1977

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York
Erie County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Bar Association of Erie County Negligence Committee

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America (2010-2025)
Upstate New York Super Lawyers (2012-2024)
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Buffalo firms

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Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria
$100 Million CVA Verdict: Largest in New York History for Childhood Sexual Abuse
Cellino Law Injury Attorneys
Cellino Law Injury Attorneys
$19.45 million · $47.4 Million Verdict for Law Student Brain-Damaged in Thruway Road-Rage Crash

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.