Jeff Curran is a shareholder in the Oklahoma City office of GableGotwals. His practice focuses on product liability defense, insurance matters, intellectual property litigation, and commercial litigation. He also maintains an entertainment law practice, representing motion picture production companies, musicians, and recording companies in contract negotiation, licensing and related areas. Jeff is a past Chair and Vice Chair of the Defense Research Institute’s Automotive Specialized Litigation Group, as well as the former Chair and Newsletter Editor for the Automobile Law Committee of the ABA’s Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section. He has appeared as regional and national counsel for some clients and has tried cases to verdict in several States.
Jeff is the Oklahoma State Representative for the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), which is an invitation-only group of premier defense and corporate counsel and industry executives whose mission is dedicated to leading the profession by advancing the principles of integrity, professionalism, fair civil justice, intellectual capital, and fostering the trust and value of fellowship. He was recently inducted to the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) for 2025, an invitation-only academy consisting of mediators and arbitrators who meet a strict list of criteria and requirements. Jeff is also a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator.
He is a member of the DRI’s Product Liability Committee, Insurance Law Committee, and Trucking Law Committee. Jeff is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma County Bar Association and Free to Live. In addition, he is a past member (and former President) of the Board of Directors for The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Bethany. He is a past member of the ABA’s Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Intellectual Property Committee, Litigation Committee, and the Entertainment and Sports Law Forum.
Jeff authored Expert Witnesses: Automobile and Accident Reconstruction Cases, a Thomson Reuters publication now in its 13th edition. He is the Regional Editor of the 2020 edition of the DRI Reservation of Rights Compendium for the Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, and Oklahoma chapters. He has also written on various other subjects in litigation and commercial litigation and has written and presented several lectures on professionalism and ethics.
Jeff’s recent experience includes:
- Representing a major pharmaceutical company in multi-state product-liability-related matters.
- Appearing as National Fire Counsel for an international satellite television company.
- Successfully trying to verdict an injury case defending a large international retail business.
- Successfully obtaining summary judgement for an insurance carrier in a major coverage dispute.
- Representing an international satellite television company in various litigation matters.
- Representing several major consumer goods manufacturers in various product liability-related matters.
- Representing a motion picture production company in the negotiation of a motion picture production