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Paul C. Kurland is Co-Chairman of the firm's Litigation Department. He specializes in civil litigation, federal securities law, commercial disputes, insurance law, media law, alternative dispute resolution, including arbitrations and arbitrations, and corporate law. Mr. Kurland is admitted to practice law in the state of New York, and before numerous federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He received a B.A. degree from Brooklyn College (1967) and a J.D. from New York University School of Law (1970). Until 1973 he was a litigator with the law firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel where he practiced primarily in corporate, commercial, insurance, securities and media law, and participated in the defense of The New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case. Thereafter, Mr. Kurland founded his own firm which was merged with the law firm of Baer Marks & Upham in 1979. At Baer Marks & Upham, he headed the litigation department which grew from 3 to 15 lawyers. For many years, Mr. Kurland has been a member of the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and teaches as a member of the faculties of the intensive trial techniques programs at Hofstra and Cardozo Law Schools. He is the President of the Board of Directors of the New York University School of Law Alumni Association. He is also a long-time volunteer attorney for and member of the Board of Directors of World Hunger Year (WHY), a not-for-profit founded by the late performer, Harry Chapin. Mr. Kurland has been appointed and serves as an arbitrator for the NASD, the American Arbitration Association and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He is the former chair of the Committee on Recruitment of Lawyers of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Federal Courts
• Federal Claims Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1970
  J.D.
  Law Review: New York University Law Review, Member
  
  
• Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, 1967
  B.A.
  
  

Representative Cases

• Chien v. Chien, 2097, 276 A.D.2d 426, 714 N.Y.S.2d 292 (1st Dept. 2000)
• FDIC v. Bober, 95 Civ. 9529, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2147 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
• FDIC v. Bober, 95 Civ. 9529, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10473 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
• Williams-Velasquez v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 99 Civ. 738, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7948 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
• Bianchi v. Mille, 266 A.D.2d 419, 698 N.Y.S.2d 545 (2nd Dept. 1999)
• FDIC v. Bober, 95 Civ. 9529, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9688 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
• Brock Equities v. Josephthal, Lyon & Ross, 92 Civ. 8588, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8812, Fed. Sec (S.D.N.Y. 1995)
• Gorwara v. Ael Indus., 784 F. Supp. 239 (E.D.Pa. 1992)
• Washburn v. Becker, 186 Ill. App. 3d 629, 542 N.E.2d 764 (Ill. App. Ct. 1989)
• Doe v. Roe, 139 Misc. 2d 209, 526 N.Y.S.2d 718 (Sup. N.Y. 1988)
• In re Liquidation of Ideal Mut. Ins. Co., 140 A.D.2d 62, 532 N.Y.S.2d 371 (1st Dept. 1988)
• Merl v. Merl, 67 N.Y.2d 359, 502 N.Y.S.2d 712 (N.Y. 1986)
• Merl v. Merl, No. 3827 E, 1985 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 44078 (2nd Dept. 1985)
• Allied Artists Indus. v. Lorimar Productions, No. 83 Civ. 9118, 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14741 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)
• Golub v. Arlumsa Dev. Corp., No. 83 Civ. 2184, 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16935 (S.D.N.Y. 1983)
• In re Ancor Exploration Co., 30 B.R. 802, 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17211 (Bankr. N.D.Okla. 1983)
• In re Ancor Exploration Co., 10 Bankr. Ct. Dec. 1025 (Bankr. N.D.Okla. 1983)
• Lewis v. Goldsmith, 95 F.R.D. 15 (D.N.J. 1982)
• Sixth Geostratic Energy Drilling Program 1980 v. Ancor Exploration Co., 544 F. Supp. 297 (N.D.Okla. 1982)
• Voisin v. Bartell Media Corp., 76 Civ. 3954, 1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20284 (S.D.N.Y. 1978)
• Rare Earth, Inc. v. Hoorelbeke, 401 F. Supp. 26 (S.D.N.Y. 1975)
• 1050 Tenants Corp. v. Jakobson, 503 F.2d 1375 (2nd Cir. 1974)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
• Teacher, Trial Techniques, Hofstra Law School
• Teacher, Trial Techniques, Cardozo Law School

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York University School of Law Alumni Association
  President, Board of Directors
  
  
• World Hunger Year (WHY)
  Member, Board of Directors
  
  
• NASD
  Arbitrator
  
  
• American Arbitration Association
  Arbitrator
  
  
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  Arbitrator
  
  
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  Former Chair, Recruitment of Lawyers Committee
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Law Firm of Baer Marks & Upham, 1979
• Law Firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, Litigator, 1973