Areas of Practice
- COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LAW
- CONSTRUCTION
- Litigation
- LITIGATION - CIVIL
- Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance Defense
- MEDIATION
- REAL ESTATE
- Real Property Litigation
Industries
Education
- J.D., Order of the Coif, University of Florida College of Law 1996
- M.B.A., Florida Atlantic University 1999
- B.A., magna cum laude, University of South Florida 1991
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Memberships
- Broward County Bar Association
- Institute of International Business Law & Practice
- Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County
- New York Bar Association
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- West Palm 100
Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
TEL: 561-838-4511
FAX: 561-514-3411
Mr. Curtin concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, construction law, community association litigation, real property litigation, and insurance defense and coverage issues. Mr. Curtin is also experienced in representing clients before various Boards of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, including the Construction Industry Licensing Board, the Board of Architecture and Interior Design, and the Division of Real Estate. He represents both individual and corporate clients such as builders, developers, real estate and design professionals, contractors, subcontractors, and temporary help agencies.
Mr. Curtin is certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Civil Mediator and is AV® rated by Martindale Hubbell.
Mr. Curtin has authored several articles including: 'Arbitrating Maritime Cargo Disputes: Future Problems and Considerations,' 1 Lloyd's Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 31 (1997); 'Redefining Public Policy in International Commercial Arbitration,' 64 Defense Counsel Journal 271 (1997); 'An Examination of Contractual Expansion and Limitation of Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards,' 15 Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution 337 (2000)(reprinted in the American Arbitration Association's Dispute Resolution Journal); 'Administrative Pitfalls of Litigating Under the Florida Civil Rights Act,' 13 St. Thomas Law Review 523 (2001).
Mr. Curtin interned for one summer at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, France. While in law school, Mr. Curtin served as Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Journal of International Law.