Connor Kurtz provides strategic counsel to clients responding to high-profile corporate crises, state and federal government investigations and congressional oversight. His practice also includes advising clients on internal investigations, AI-related challenges and proactive regulatory risk management. His clients include leading financial institutions, technology firms and educational and cultural institutions. 

Mr. Kurtz clerked for Judge Patrick J. Bumatay of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge J. Campbell Barker of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He also was a judicial intern for Judge Richard J. Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia. 

Before law school, Mr. Kurtz was a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute, a political communications consultant, and an elected school board member in Pennsylvania. 

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2022

    • BA, Politics, Catholic University of America, 2016

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  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

    • Maryland

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Patrick J. Bumatay, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2024 - 2025

    • The Hon. J. Campbell Barker, US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2022 - 2023

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