George F. Curran, III is an attorney and the Practice Group Leader of Kotz Sangster Wysocki P.C.'s Environmental Law and Insurance Risk Management/Litigation Practice Groups, working primarily from the firm's Detroit office. A former insurance underwriter, he is a graduate of the Detroit College of Law (J.D.) and Wayne State University (B.A.) and has attained post-graduate Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) Masters Level Certification from the Institute of Hazardous Materials Managers, and Hazardous Waste Management Certification from the Chemical Engineering Masters program at Wayne State University.
Mr. Curran has extensive experience in the areas of environmental and insurance law and is involved with virtually all aspects of the firm's environmental and insurance practices.
He counsels and represents the firm's corporate, insurance, reinsurance and municipal clients in Michigan and nationwide on environmental compliance and insurance issues in business transactions and litigation; evaluating coverage and negotiating insurance and risk management mechanisms in complex mergers and acquisitions; counseling clients in the evaluation of environmental due diligence in business and real estate transactions; providing 1st and 3rd party defense under Property and Casualty Policies including No-Fault, Products/Completed Operations, Builders Risk and Construction Liability Coverage, as well as Professional Liability, E&O and D&O claims.
Mr. Curran negotiates facility sitting and operating permits under state and federal environmental programs, represents firm clients before regulatory bodies including OSHA/MIOSHA, and counsels firm clients on wetlands, land use, liability and emerging energy issues. Appointed to the Michigan Climate Action Council Residential Commercial and Industrial Workgroup by gubernatorial Executive Order, Mr. Curran counsels firm clients on bio fuel, alternative fuel, alternative energy, "Green" building codes, and economic development incentives, including pollution prevention grant and assistance programs, Brownfield Redevelopment funding and other incentives to assist clients in competing in the current economy.
As national Coordinating Counsel for the largest program of Environmental Impairment Liability Insurance ever written in North America, Mr. Curran has also successfully represented clients in complex environmental contamination litigation. He also counsels firm clients in connection with captive, self-insurance and reinsurance programs.
Mr. Curran is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and has been admitted to practice in Federal Courts in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Connecticut and Oklahoma, and has been admitted to practice law pro hac vice in numerous states and has represented and counseled clients in complex litigation across the country .
