Michael A. Kurs

During his career,  Michael A. Kurs has handled energy, utility (including water), and telecommunication matters pending before the Connecticut Public Utilities Authority and its predecessor agency, the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control, and before the Georgia Public Service Commission. He has also handled appeals in the Connecticut Supreme Court and Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals in related matters, as well as proceedings in the Connecticut Superior Court and United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

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Professional Affiliations

Connecticut Bar Association - Executive Committee, Administrative Law Section; Chair and Executive Committee, Anti-Trust and Trade Regulation Section

Hartford County Bar Association

Connecticut Bar Foundation - James W. Cooper Fellow

The Judge Janet Bond Arterton American Inn of Court

Community Involvement

Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance – New England Leadership Committee
Yale Club and Scholarship Foundation of Hartford - past president

MetroHartford Alliance The Connecticut Forum - former board of directors member

New York State Bar Association - House of Delegates - former member

Honors & Recognitions

Selected as a 2017 Connecticut Super Lawyer

Received the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV) 

• Connecticut Supreme Court decision reported at 319 Conn. 367 (2015) (right to arbitration of an energy contract dispute)
• Connecticut Supreme Court decision reported at 313 Conn. 669 (2014) (wind turbine siting and jurisdiction over siting)
• Successful defense of challenge by disappointed bidder of award of RFP for development of a generation project
• Administrative agency proceedings including rate cases, bid contests and siting counsel decisions and appeals to court from agency decisions

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