Education
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Catholic University of America, J.D., 1983
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Georgetown University, A.B., 1980
Bar Admissions
Awards and Honors
- Martindale-Hubbard AV® Preeminent™ Rating
- Associate Editor, Catholic University Law Review
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Michael Curto, deputy chair of the firm’s Business Department and a member of the firm’s Management Committee, heads Patton Boggs’ ERISA and Employee Benefits Practice group, representing corporate, nonprofit and government sponsors of pension and welfare benefit plans, Taft-Hartley funds, investment advisory firms and insurance companies in all aspects of retirement and welfare benefit plan issues. Mr. Curto assists clients in a broad range of business planning and transactional matters and in related regulatory and public policy projects.
In January, 2011, Mr. Curto was appointed by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to a six-year term on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which is responsible for the operation of Ronald Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport; the operation and maintenance of the Dulles Toll Road and construction and funding of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. In November, 2011, Mr. Curto was elected Chairman of the MWAA Board of Directors.
Mr. Curto has extensive experience representing clients in connection with ERISA fiduciary matters, including compliance matters before the U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Treasury Department and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. He frequently negotiates and prepares investment management agreements and major service provider agreements, structures corporate and real estate investments, and conducts the due diligence related to such investments. He also represents clients in pension and welfare plan audits and investigations by government agencies and frequently monitors and analyzes pending legislation and proposed and final rule-making related to the administration and management of employee benefit plans. His practice covers a broad range of ERISA issues, with a particular focus on the rules governing investment and plan management decisions of ERISA fiduciaries and assisting clients in their efforts to shape federal employee benefits laws, policies and regulations.
Mr. Curto also has particular expertise on matters relating to fiduciary liability and insurance, ERISA’s prohibited transaction rules and related statutory and administrative exemptions and ERISA’s funding, reporting and disclosure requirements.
Mr. Curto served as an associate editor of the Catholic University of America Law School Law Review and held a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Julia Cooper Mack of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Professional Affiliations:
- Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Chairman, Board of Directors
- Patton Boggs Management Committee
- Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Committee, Chairman, Montgomery County, Maryland
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Defined Contribution Institutional Investor Association, Member, Membership Board
- National Family Caregivers Association, Former Vice Chairman and Member, Board of Directors
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