Admitted to practice in ten jurisdictions, Curt is an expert in Legal Tech, legal ethics and business litigation.
Curt is one of the founding partners of L&F Brown and currently serves as the firm’s Managing Partner and General Counsel. Under his strategic direction, the firm has steadily grown through innovation in client dedication.
Curt’s practice focuses on legal ethics and the business of law. He is one of the country’s foremost experts on the ethics of attorney fee splitting and the ethical implications of technology as it relates to the practice of law. Curt also has a robust business transactional and litigation practice where he handles a wide variety of matters on behalf of innovators and disruptors.
Curt started his legal career in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP, where his practice focused on a variety of complex civil litigation matters, including securities class action defense, antitrust, and trademarks.
He earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he was a Michael T. Masin Scholar and Staff Editor of the Entertainment Law Review. He is admitted in California, New York, Texas, Florida, D.C., Washington, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon and Michigan.
Curt has been named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers multiple times. He’s also been recognized as a California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY Award) by The Daily Journal, and Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by the USC Law School Public Interest Law Fund. Curt is also an adjunct faculty at DePaul College of Law in Chicago, Illinois where he teaches courses on legal ethics and the business of law.
UCLA School of Law — Juris Doctor, UCLA School of Law
UC Irvine — Bachelor's Degree
Lawyer of the Year (CLAY Award) by The Daily Journal
Rising Star by Super Lawyers (California)
Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by the USC Law School Public Interest Law Fund