John-Patrick
Curran
Principal
John-Patrick
Curran
Principal
John’s practice focuses on environmental and construction law, representing residential, commercial and industrial real property owners, operators and developers, construction managers, contractors, design professionals and lenders. John guides clients in navigating complex issues relating to real estate acquisition and development, construction, property management, risk management and management of environmental conditions at facilities throughout the United States.
As a construction attorney, John employs his skills as a draftsman and negotiator specializing in design, design-build, construction and procurement contracts. John also counsels clients on property acquisition, development and construction related business issues, such as pricing, avoidance and allocation of risk, scheduling, project delivery methods, insurance and bonding. With a strong knowledge and understanding of the entire design and construction process, John provides guidance from the earliest stages of project planning through final completion and occupancy, including the avoidance and/or resolution of related disputes, such as design and construction defects, property damage and neighboring property owner disputes, project delays and cost escalations.
John’s environmental practice focuses on complex brownfield and contaminated site remediation and redevelopment, environmental aspects of real estate transactions and corporate mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and regulatory compliance. At the earliest project stages, whether an acquisition or rehabilitation of an existing facility or site development and ground up construction of a new building, John’s focus is on the anticipation, assessment and allocation of environmental risk. John also assists clients in the remediation and rehabilitation of contaminated properties, including entry and participation in complex regulatory programs such as the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program.
As both a construction and environmental attorney, John frequently represents clients in connection with such matters as cost-cap and fixed price remediation contracts, combined remediation and development projects and utility and energy infrastructure projects such as “turnkey” design-build and design-build-operate co-generation and solar PV projects.
Having begun his career as a litigator, John has extensive experience in all aspects of sophisticated commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. As a litigator, John has successfully handled matters involving environmental liability, cost recovery and cleanup, construction and design defects and contract claims, land use, loan workouts, commercial and residential leases, employment, franchise and commercial unfair competition and non-competition matters.
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“Structuring Environmental Site Access Agreements: Avoiding Costly Pitfalls”
For: Strafford Webinars
“Rights and Responsibilities Related to Claims for Defects In Design and Construction”
For: Lawline.com
“Mitigating Environmental Risk In Construction”
For: Lawline.com
“The Dotted Line: How Contractors Ensure The Project Owner Can Pay”
For: Construction Dive
“The Dotted Line: What Makes a Successful RFP”
For: Construction Dive
“Mitigating Environmental Liability From Construction Debris and Contaminated Soil”
For: Strafford Publications, Inc.
“The Dotted Line: Mitigating the Risk of Unforeseen Site Conditions”
For: Construction Dive
“The Dotted Line: 4 Reasons Why Construction Companies Should Have an Attorney Review Contracts”
For: Construction Dive
“Claims for Defects in Design and Construction”
For: Lorman Education
“Inside the Nation’s Varying Contractor Licensing Rules — And How They Impact Business”
For: Construction Dive
“A Lawyer’s Guide to Power Purchase Agreements for Renewable Energy”
For: Lawline.com
“Inside the Complicated Legal Terrain of the Design-Build Delivery Method”
For: Construction Dive
“The Dotted Line: Inside the ‘Dance’ of Subcontractor Negotiations”
For: Construction Dive
“Construction Law and Practice,” Adjunct Professor
For: NYU School of Professional Studies, Schack Institute of Real Estate
“Renewable Energy: Law, Politics & Practice”
For: Lawline.com, Webcast
“Plan View: Survey of Current Environmental Enforcement and Real Estate Development Regulation in New York”
For: New York State Bar Association
“The Importance Of Contractual Indemnification”
For: New York Law Journal
“Lien on Me – Understanding NY Mechanics Liens”
For: Lawline.com, Webcast
“Contractual Indemnities: Key Provisions and Best Practices”
For: CLE Program
“Apartment Alterations: a Case Study”
For: NYS Bar Association, CLE Program
“Options Available for Owners To Challenge Mechanic’s Liens”
For: New York Law Journal
“Owner’s Rider to the AIA Form of General Contract”
For: New York Law Journal
“Reducing Owner’s Construction Risk: A Case Study”
For: CLE Program
“Damages Available for Architectural Malpractice”
For: New York Law Journal
“Fees a Developer May Encounter When Generating Hazardous Waste”
For: New York Law Journal
“Creating Effective Mechanics’ Lien Waivers”
For: New York Law Journal
“Owner Friendly Modifications to Construction Forms”
For: New York Law Journal
“Making Energy Work for You, Invitation Program”
“Fundamentals of Construction Management”
For: CLE Program
“New City Green Laws May Spur Retrofitting”
For: New York Law Journal
“Statutes of Limitations for Construction and Design Defects”
For: New York Law Journal
“Current Issues in Real Estate Litigation”
For: NYC Bar Association, CLE Program
“Liability of Construction Managers: Look to the Contract”
For: New York Law Journal
“Cooperative Surety Can Help Salvage a Defaulted Project”
For: New York Law Journal
“Brownfield Program Should Benefit a Range of Projects”
For: New York Law Journal
“New Asbestos Regulations To Boost Costs, Enforcement”
For: New York Law Journal
“Special Rules Govern Condo Mechanic’s Liens”
For: New York Law Journal
“Brownfields Cleanup – Case Law, Amendments May Modify Program”
For: New York Law Journal
Clarity Begins to Emerge Concerning Permissible Essential Construction In New York
The Gray Area: When Is Work Essential and When Is It Not?
Coronavirus and Construction Project Delays
St. John's University School of Law, JD, 1991, With Honors
New York, 1992
Connecticut, 1991
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Adjunct professor in Construction Law and Practice at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate and School of Continuing and Professional Studies