Douglas S. Curran

Partner

Awards and Recognitions

Law360 Rising Star (2023)
Daily Journal Top Verdicts (2022)
The American Lawyer Litigator of the Week Runner-Up (2022)
New York Super Lawyers (2016-2023)

  • J.D. from Duke University School of Law, cum laude
    • Articles Editor, Duke Law Journal

    B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service, cum laude

  • Covington & Burling LLP

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Law Clerk to Honorable Susan H. Black, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

  • Member of the State Bars of New York and Illinois

    Admitted in S.D.N.Y., E.D.N.Y., N.D.N.Y., and N.D.Ill.

Biography

Douglas Curran is a trial lawyer and partner in BraunHagey & Borden’s New York office. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on high-stakes financial and intellectual property disputes. He represents corporations and individuals across a variety of industries, including financial services, private equity, cryptocurrency, and emergent technology. Douglas works to understand the details of his clients’ businesses in order to advance their commercial objectives and secure favorable outcomes on their behalf.

Douglas has been recognized by Law360 as an under-40 Rising Star in the nationwide Trials category, and by the American Lawyer in its Litigator of the Week series.  As trial counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state court, he has secured a variety of notable recent successes for BHB’s clients, including in cases involving financial fraud, trade-secret misappropriation, cryptocurrency investments and insolvency, high-level corporate governance disputes, trademark infringement, and commercial espionage.

Douglas is also passionate about his pro bono work. He has worked with several non-profit organizations offering legal services to indigent clients, and he has devoted significant time and energy to representing underprivileged clients in a variety of domestic and civil matters.

Personal

Douglas lives in the New York City area with his family. You can find him hiking with his dog and skiing every chance he gets.

For more information about Doug’s representative cases and experience, please contact the firm.