Patrick M. Curran, Jr.

Profile

Mr. Curran’s practice focuses on labor and employment and related commercial litigation.  He represents management in a wide range of litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, with broad experience in matters involving class and collective action wage disputes, alleged discrimination and retaliation, contract disputes, non-solicitation and non-competition disputes, and an array of other complex commercial litigation matters.  Mr. Curran also has extensive experience representing clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including arbitration, mediation, and agency conciliation, and counsels employers on a wide variety of employee relations issues, including employee handbooks and policies, employment agreements, terminations, and compliance with federal and state employment laws.

Mr. Curran is member of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and has served as Chair of the Chapter’s Younger Lawyers Division.  Mr. Curran has also served as a lecturer at the Boston University School of Law, where he taught a seminar on legal research and writing, and as a CLE seminar panelist on litigating employment law cases.  He graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and, after law school, clerked for the Honorable Peter J. Messitte in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Education and Honors

Education: 

J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 1998
M.A., College of William and Mary, 1994
A.B., cum laude, Bowdoin College, 1991

Professional Activities

Professional Activities: 
  • American Bar Association
  • Boston Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association (Executive Committee, Massachusetts Chapter)
Speeches:
  • Ogletree Deakins Breakfast Briefing - "Disability Discrimination - New Risks for Employers" - Boston - September 23, 2010

In The News

Published Works:
  • October 28, 2011 - SHRM.org - "1st Circuit: Dismissal of Sex Discrimination, Age Discrimination and Retaliation Claims Upheld"
  • January 2008 - New England In-House - "Retaining Privilege Despite Losing Control of Your Subsidiary"