Anderson Kill is pleased to announce that Douglas Curran, a shareholder in the firm’s New York office and co-chair of its Financial Litigation & Complex Disputes group, has been recognized among The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.

Douglas is a first-chair trial lawyer representing clients in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on high-stakes financial and business disputes. As trial counsel for both claimants and defendants in federal and state court, Douglas has secured noteworthy successes in cases involving bondholder disputes, investment disputes, high-level corporate governance disputes, M&A disputes, financial fraud, and trade-secret misappropriation. Douglas also has substantial experience representing investors in cryptocurrency exchanges and ventures, digital assets, and other on-blockchain projects. He has had notable success enforcing investors’ rights under SAFT and SAFE investment agreements and in advancing cryptocurrency companies’ rights as creditors in insolvency proceedings.

In addition to Lawdragon honors, Douglas has received a number of industry awards and recognition. In 2023, he was recognized by Law360 as an Under-40 Rising Star (Trials, Nationwide) and as a Legal Lion of the Week. In 2022, he was recognized by The American Lawyer as a Litigator of the Week and The Daily Journal included his work on its list of Top Verdicts. Since 2016, Douglas has been named a Super Lawyers honoree in New York.

To be considered, a lawyer will have at least 10 years of practice and is admired for his/her intellect and wisdom, as well as conduct and leadership. According to Lawdragon, honorees in the 2025 guide were selected from a record number of submissions, as well as original journalistic research and vetting with the nation’s leading trial lawyers. To learn more, visit the Lawdragon website here.