Anthony V. Curto, Esq.
avcurto@forchellilaw.com

Anthony V. Curto (New York Law School, 1960) began his legal career at a Manhattan law firm, followed by ten years as President and Chairman of Whitney Enterprises. In 1981, he joined a prominent Long Island law firm as a member of its three-person Executive Committee, managing its corporate department. In 1991, he founded and became President of Curto, Barton & Alesi, P.C., which merged with the Firm in 1999.

Mr. Curto's work centers on structuring, negotiating, and documenting a variety of complex transactions on behalf of regionally and nationally known clients. He counsels public and private corporations in major transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, partnering arrangements, and the reorganization of business enterprises and assets, across a variety of industries. He also represents corporations in formation, early stage, and venture capital financings, and advises clients in private placements and public offerings of securities.

Mr. Curto has been associated with a number of high-profile matters, including the creation of the Bernard M. Baruch Foundation. He has also represented an assortment of celebrities and personalities, including Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Harry Chapin, Mike Francesa, Father Tom Hartman, and Paula Abdul, among others.

An advocate of community service, Mr. Curto has received numerous awards for his active role in community endeavors, including the 1984 Congressional Achievement Award and the 1987 Martin Luther King "Living the Dream" Service Award. Mr. Curto was cited as the 37th most influential Long Islander by the Long Island Press in 2008, and was a Networking Magazine David Award Honoree in 2008. He is a regular panel member of "Father Tom and Friends," a weekly television talk show, and speaks regularly at New York State and Suffolk County Bar Association seminars.

Mr. Curto is admitted to the New York State Bar Association, the United States Tax Court, and the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial, Tax, Trusts and Estates, Entertainment
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