Chad Curlett, a partner in the firm's Litigation Department, is an accomplished trial lawyer. He primarily concentrates his practice in white-collar matters involving securities enforcement defense, criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and governmental regulation at the federal and state levels. Mr. Curlett also focuses on complex commercial litigation including business disputes, corporate governance and securities litigation. He appears regularly on behalf of his clients in federal and state courts, and in private arbitration.
Prior to joining Saul Ewing in 2006, Mr. Curlett was an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office serving under Robert M. Morgenthau. In the Trial Division, he regularly presented cases to the grand jury, and tried numerous felony cases to petit juries in New York State Supreme Court. He was subsequently appointed to Investigations Division Central, where he concentrated on investigating and prosecuting securities fraud.
Mr. Curlett began his legal career in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague, the Netherlands. He was principally involved in the investigation and trial of a Bosnian Serb General for the mass execution of more than 6,000 unarmed prisoners in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995.
Presently, Mr. Curlett serves on the Board of Governors of the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He is a member of the felony Criminal Justice Act panel for the District of Maryland, an appointment that is limited to approximately 100 attorneys state-wide. Mr. Curlett regularly represents defendants in federal criminal prosecutions involving all manner of felony charges. Mr. Curlett is also admitted to the Rule 45 lists of counsel qualified to represent defendants before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and serves on the Amicus Committee of the Association of Defence Counsel practicing before the ICTY.
Mr. Curlett is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the United States District Courts for the District of Maryland, the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Member, Board of Governors, Federal Bar Association, Maryland Chapter
- American Bar Association, Section on International Law; International Criminal Law Committee
- American Bar Association, Section on Criminal Justice, White Collar Crime Committee
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Association of Defence Counsel, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Amicus Committee
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York