Hailing from a humble background, G Krishna Murthy has dedicated his life to his vision of giving back to the society. He pursued legal studies from Udupi Law College graduating and enrolling himself at the Karnataka Bar in Bengaluru in 1982. He thereafter started practice in Holla and Holla Associates in Bengaluru under the guidance of Senior Counsel Udaya Holla. After gaining experience in civil areas of practice across trial, High and Supreme Court, he founded GKM Associates on 11thMay 1988.
He has worked across the areas of property, banking, company and family laws and was on the panels of BESCOM, KEB, Karnataka Bank etc. He was also appointed as a Special Government Advocate and predominantly appeared in civil matters including Contract, Special Contract, Partnership, Succession Laws, Tenancy Laws & Land Revenue Matters, Writ Petitions, Writ Appeals, Company Law, Arbitration cases, Negotiable Instruments Act & Banking Laws, Electricity Law before the Trial courts in Bangalore and High Court of Karnataka.
He was designated as a Senior Advocate on 10.07.2014. In his illustrious career of over 35 years, he has appeared in several landmarks cases including Mysore case, land grabbing case etc.
When not working G Krishna Murthy enjoys travelling and reading Hindu philosophy.