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New York
41
Madison Avenue
20th Floor
New York, NY 10010
tel. +1 212.382.0909
fax +1 212.382.3456
tcurran@pecklaw.com
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Mr.
Curran
is a
highly
experienced
trial
attorney
and
counselor.
His
practice
primarily
focuses
on a
broad
range
of
legal
matters,
including
white
collar
criminal
defense,
internal
integrity
reviews,
risk
assessment
and
management,
regulatory
compliance,
and
general
business
advice
and
litigation.
Issues
on
which
he
frequently
is
engaged
also
include
Sarbanes-Oxley,
Anti-Money
Laundering
(AML),
PATRIOT
Act,
taxation,
executive
compensation,
and
employee
relations
matters.
Mr.
Curran
provides
forward-looking
advice
on
the
general
business
climate,
including
regulatory
trends
and
tendencies.
He
has
many
years
of
experience
representing
corporations
and
entities
in
internal
investigations
of
sensitive
matters
that
have
entailed
reassessing
existing
corporate
policies
and
controls,
advising
senior
corporate
management
and
boards
of
directors
in
crisis
and
potential
crisis
management,
and
assisting
corporations
and
entities
in
the
navigation
of
governmental
inquiries
and
evolving
policies
in a
manner
designed
to
assist
in
adapting
the
business
model
to
changing
environments
in
order
to
limit
risk.
His
clients
include
public
companies,
investment
banks,
broker-dealers,
large
private
companies,
as
well
as
individuals.
In
addition
to
his
many
years
in
private
practice,
Mr.
Curran
also
enjoyed
a
very
successful
legal
career
in
the
public
section,
where
he
served
as
an
Assistant
District
Attorney,
from
1995
through
2001,
under
Robert
M.
Morgenthau,
the
District
Attorney
of
New
York
County.
As
an
ADA
with
the
Career
Criminal/Major
Offense
Program,
Mr.
Curran
successfully
prosecuted
hundreds
of
serious
felony
cases
with
special
emphasis
on
repeat
violent
felony
offenders
and
large-scale
larcenies.
He
also
served
as a
member
of
the
Frauds
Bureau,
where
he
supervised
a
long-term
special
grand
jury
investigation
into
fraud
in
the
marketing
of
securities,
coordinating
this
effort
with
parallel
investigative
efforts
of
federal
prosecutors,
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation,
the
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission,
and
various
state
and
local
authorities.
Upon
leaving
the
Manhattan
DA’s
Office,
he
was
fully
experienced
in
all
phases
of
the
investigation,
prosecution,
and
trial
of
complex
white
collar
criminal
cases,
including
the
prosecution
of a
large
securities
broker-dealer
for
racketeering
and
securities
fraud.
Mr.
Curran
is a
regular
guest
commentator
on
legal
and
business
matters
for
various
media
outlets,
including
CNBC,
the
Wall
Street
Journal,
the
New
York
Times
and
Bloomberg
News
Services.
He
also
is
professionally
active
within
the
community
generally.
He
is
the
Chair
of
the
New
York
City
Bar
Association’s
Committee
on
Criminal
Advocacy,
a
Member
of
Mayor
Bloomberg’s
City
Marshals
Selection
Committee,
a
Member
of
the
Appellate
Division
–
First
Department’s
Character
and
Fitness
Committee,
a
Member
of
the
Board
of
Directors
of
Prisoner’s
Legal
Services
of
New
York,
a
Member
of
the
Cardinal’s
Committee
on
the
Laity
(Lawyer’s
Division),
a
member
of
the
Catholic
Lawyer’s
Guild,
and
a
Co-founder
and
Co-chair
of
the
Morgenthau
Alumni
Group.
Mr.
Curran
is
also
a
Member
of
the
Faculty
of
the
Manhattan
District
Attorney's
Trial
Advocacy
Program
and
has
lectured
at
various
seminars
sponsored
by
the
American
Bar
Association
on
topics
related
to
criminal
and
civil
regulatory
law
and
internal
investigations.
Mr.
Curran
graduated
from
Georgetown
University
(A.B.,
1986)
and
Fordham
University
School
of
Law
(J.D.,
1989).
He
is
admitted
to
practice
law
before
the
United
States
District
Court
for
the
Eastern
and
Southern
Districts
as
well
as
the
courts
of
the
State
of
New
York.
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