Professional Experience
Curtis is an associate in the Business Restructuring, Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy practice group. He focuses his practice on commercial and creditors' rights, bankruptcy (primarily Chapter 11 reorganizations), workouts, preference action litigation, commercial litigation, Uniform Commercial Code controversies and other commercial law cases including secured transactions.
Curtis is licensed to practice in the State Courts of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Education
- The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, J.D., 2004
- The Ohio State University, B.S., 2001, with distinction, summa cum laude
- Representation of secured lenders in out of court workouts involving real estate developers, construction companies, manufacturers, service providers and other entities.
- Representation of Fortune 500 manufacturing company in connection with multi-billion dollar contractual dispute related to several construction projects involving numerous vendors, contractors, subcontractors and related parties.
- Representation of holding company and affiliated manufacturing companies in connection with secured party foreclosure and subsequent dissolution.
- Representation of Fortune 500 real estate developer in connection with bankruptcy-related matters.
- Representation of Fortune 500 manufacturing companies in connection with substantial claims in various Chapter 11 proceedings throughout the United States.
- Creditor Committee Representation: Atlantic Metal Products, Inc. (District of New Jersey). Committee representation in the Chapter 11 case of a metal fabrication and processing company.
Professional & Civic Involvement
Professional Associations
American Bankruptcy Institute · Member; Bankruptcy Litigation Committee · Member
Ohio State Bar Association · Member
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association · Member; Professionalism and Ethics Committee · Member
Turnaround Management Association · Member; Education Committee · Member
- Turscak and Tuggle, "The Benefits Priority Cap of § 507(a)(5): Chalk One Up for Statutory Plain Meaning," · The Bankruptcy Strategist, June 2008
- Basic Bankruptcy Litigation, National Business Institute, December 2007
- New Creditor Strategies for Old Problems: Taking Advantage of the 2005 Bankruptcy Code Amendments, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Cleveland, Spring 2006
- Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Ohio, 2011
- Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star (Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights), 2007
- Outstanding Associate Editor of Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 2004
- Outstanding Undergraduate of the Year, The Ohio State University, 1999; 2000