Ms. Curry has a specific focus on clients in the health care and education industries.
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Ms. Curry was at the forefront of advising both health care employers and educational organizations on how to respond to the crisis, the policies and training that needed to be provided to employees, and the day-to-day questions regarding employee disability, paid and unpaid leave obligations, employee child care needs, and other pressing concerns.
Working closely with health care employers, Ms. Curry has vast experience developing policies, practices and protocols that are unique to health care employees; training health care employees on their EEO rights and obligations; conducting investigations of both employee and patient complaints (including complaints under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act); conducting complex compliance and risk management internal investigations; and ultimately defending health care employers in discrimination, retaliation, False Claims Act and whistleblowing complaints. Ms. Curry has also represented several health care businesses in litigation involving breach of contract, non-compete and non-disclosure claims, as well as dissolution of physician partnerships.
Ms. Curry also has a significant practice advising and defending educational institutions at all levels. She works with independent schools throughout the country on creating student and employee policies, including social media and technology policies; conducting internal investigations regarding student and employee complaints; and training employees on appropriate conduct. In her work with colleges and universities, Ms. Curry has prepared and trained employees on EEO and Title IX requirements and conducted internal investigations in those areas. She has also defended several major universities in cases involving claims of discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation. Ms. Curry also works closely with health care providers who operate, or work in conjunction with, educational institutions, and advises and defends those providers regarding the specific circumstances posed by medical residents, fellows and researchers.
Beyond these focus industries, Ms. Curry advises and defends employers of all sizes and all industries in every aspect of the employer-employee relationship. She routinely appears before state and federal courts and agencies throughout Maryland and the District of Columbia. Ms. Curry devises practical strategies for clients navigating employment claims and disputes, and where advisable, she recommends and provides representation in alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, mediation and settlement negotiations.
Ms. Curry has been named a Rising Star by Maryland Super Lawyers in the area of Employment Litigation every year from 2013 – 2020.