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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. | 