M. Glenn Curran III

EDUCATION.

Raised and educated through high school in Fort Lauderdale, Mr. Curran received his undergraduate education at Duke University (Bachelor of Arts Degree, cum laude, 1982) and completed his legal education at Mercer Law School (Juris Doctor Degree, 1985) where he was a member and Articles Editor of the Mercer Law Review.

ASSOCIATIONS.

Mr. Curran was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1985 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1986. In the federal system, he is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. In addition to being a member of the Florida and District of Columbia Bar Associations, he is a member of the Broward County Bar Association, the Association of South Florida Mediators and Arbitrators, and the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, as well as various other committees and associations related to his practice areas. He is also the co-author of “Extension of Collateral Estoppel to Evidence from a Prior Acquitted Crime” 35 Mercer Law Review 1419 (1984).

EXPERIENCE.

Mr. Curran is a trial attorney with more than forty years of experience in many facets of commercial, corporate, insurance, probate, and family law. He focuses primarily, however, in the area of corporate law with an emphasis on litigation, mediation, and arbitration. (For more on specific experience, see our Firm Profile.) Mr. Curran has represented business entities from small sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 corporations. He has tried cases from small disputes to amounts in controversy exceeding one billion dollars.

Mr. Curran has been awarded an AV® Preeminent™* rating by his peers through Martindale-Hubbell** and has been listed for decades in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. In addition to litigating in both state and federal courts, Mr. Curran has been qualified and testified as a litigation expert on attorneys’ fees and costs on several occasions in both state and federal courts.

Mr. Curran is also trained as and certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Mediator (since 2001) and is qualified by the Florida Supreme Court as an Arbitrator. He has been selected by the Florida Bar on many occasions to serve as an arbitrator or mediator in member disputes. In 2008, he formed ControlAltDispute, a niche service specifically targeted to meet what seemed to be an extreme need for Christian alternative dispute resolution.
(If you would like to learn more about Christian alternative dispute resolution, please visit the website at www.ControlAltDispute.com.)

PERSONAL.

Mr. Curran was born in Coral Gables, Florida, in 1960, to Marshall and Linda Curran. Approximately one year later, they moved to Fort Lauderdale where he and his two sisters were raised and educated through high school. After college and law school, Mr. Curran returned to Fort Lauderdale to pursue his career and raise his children, Kelsey and Kyle. Mr. Curran is an ordained Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church of America, an H-3 rated hang glider pilot, advanced scuba diver, avid outdoorsman, and a hopeless technophile. Mr. Curran has served in many charitable positions including for many years serving on the Board of his favorite ministry, Sheridan House Family Ministries, where he met his amazing wife Pierina (CurranCounseling.com).

* What does “AV Preeminent” mean?  Martindale-Hubbell describes the term this way:  “AV Preeminent®: The highest peer rating standard. This is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.” (https://www.martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/ 6/21/2022)

**What is “Martindale-Hubbell”?  Using their own words:  “For more than 130 years, Martindale-Hubbell has been evaluating attorneys for their strong legal ability and high ethical standards through a Peer Review Rating system. Prior to the 1887 edition of Martindale’s American Law Directory, which was the first publication to provide such ratings to attorneys, there was no way of truly knowing if the lawyer you were considering to do business with was trustworthy, ethical, or skilled in the legal field.

Today – Martindale-Hubbell continues to provide verified ratings for attorneys based not only on their legal ability and ethical standards as judged by their peers, but also based on reviews from their clients. While the criteria and format of the Peer Review Rating system has evolved since the 1800’s – the goal of Martindale-Hubbell ratings remains the same: to help keep the public informed when making the decision to do business with an attorney or law firm.” (https://www.martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/ 6/21/2022)