Curran Law Firm

What Curran Law Firm does

Curran Law Firm was a privately held, single-location law practice headquartered at 33400 9th Ave South, Suite 120, Federal Way, Washington, serving clients throughout South King County and the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1948, the firm operated for more than seven decades before closing on December 31, 2025. Its service portfolio split across two core practice areas: Business and Real Estate Legal Services (property transactions, land use matters, boundary disputes, serving homeowners, contractors, developers, and municipal entities) and Estate Law Solutions (estate planning, probate administration, including court-appointed roles as professional administrator, probate guardian ad litem, and special master).

The firm ran on a traditional professional services revenue model, generating fees from legal consultations, estate planning, probate administration, real estate transactions, and business law matters, structured as hourly rates, flat fees, or contingency arrangements depending on matter type. Technology was not part of the value proposition; the firm delivered services through in-person attorney-client engagements rather than software products or digital platforms.

The go-to-market motion was sales-led but community-rooted, relying on professional referrals from other attorneys, real estate professionals, and existing clients, complemented by deep involvement in local civic life (city council, state senate, superior court, chambers of commerce, nonprofit boards, and free neighborhood legal clinics). At closure the firm employed approximately 18 staff, including Managing Partner Chad Horner, Partner John Casey, and Attorney Peter Klipstein, all of whom transitioned their practices to Graunke Ayoub Law as part of the wind-down.

Name

Curran Law Firm

Legal name

Curran Law Firm

Website

https://curranfirm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Curran Law Firm was a privately held Pacific Northwest law practice founded in 1948, providing estate planning, probate, real estate, and business law services to individuals, businesses, and municipalities in South King County until its closure on December 31, 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE), Estate Administration & Probate Services (FSAAANAE), Document Preparation & Recording Services (Deeds, Liens) (BPAJAOAG)

Keywords

• Estate planning services
• Probate administration
• Real estate law
• Business legal counsel
• Land use law

Headquarters

HQ city

Federal Way

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Professional services revenue generated from legal consultations, estate planning, probate administration, real estate transactions, business law matters, and related legal representation. Fees likely structured as hourly rates or flat fees for specific services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Curran Law Firm is a Pacific Northwest law practice providing legal services across two primary areas: Business & Real Estate Legal Services (covering purchase and sale transactions, land use matters, boundary disputes, and business formation for homeowners, contractors, developers, and municipal entities) and Estate Law Solutions (estate planning and probate administration, including court-appointed roles as professional administrator, probate guardian ad litem, and special master). The firm delivered these services through in-person consultations from its Federal Way, Washington headquarters.

Product overview

Curran Law Firm was a single-location law firm providing legal services rather than a software product. The firm offered two primary service areas: Business & Real Estate Legal Services covering property transactions and disputes for various clientele, and Estate Law Solutions encompassing estate planning and probate administration. These services were delivered through a team of attorneys specializing in their respective practice areas, with the firm closing on December 31, 2025 after over seven decades of practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business & Real Estate Legal Services Legal services covering a wide range of property matters including purchase and sales, land use, and boundary disputes, serving homeowners, contractors, developers, and municipal entities.
• Estate Law Solutions Comprehensive estate planning and probate services, including court-appointment roles as professional administrator, probate guardian ad litem, and special master, guiding families through estate administration following the passing of a loved one.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Graunke Ayoub LawcoreOthers · 31 December 2025As part of the firm's closure on December 31, 2025, attorneys Chad Horner, John Casey, and Peter Klipstein will continue their legal practices at Graunke Ayoub Law. Clients wishing to contact these attorneys may do so through that firm.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Emerging players

• Trust & Will: Online estate planning platform offering will, trust, and probate documents directly to consumers. An emerging tech-enabled competitor targeting the same estate-planning customer base that Curran served, with a fundamentally different (self-service, low-fee) delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins Coie LLP: Major Seattle-headquartered law firm with broad real estate, estate planning, and business law capabilities across the Pacific Northwest. Functions as a broad incumbent whose service lines encompass but are not specialized to Curran's community-rooted practice areas.
• Foster Garvey PC: Seattle-based full-service law firm with established estate planning, real estate, and business practices serving Pacific Northwest clients. A larger incumbent whose broad portfolio overlaps Curran's core service lines but at significantly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Graunke Ayoub Law: Federal Way/Seattle-area law firm that absorbed Curran's three named attorneys and inherited the client base upon the December 2025 closure. Operates as the closest direct successor in estate planning, probate, real estate, and business law across South King County.
• Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP: Tacoma-based regional full-service firm serving the South Sound and Pierce County with overlapping estate planning, real estate, business, and municipal law practices. Comparable in size and Pacific Northwest regional focus to Curran Law Firm.
• Rush Hannula Harkins & Kyler LLP: Lakewood/Pierce County-based firm with comparable practice areas including estate planning, probate, real estate, and business transactions serving South King County clients. Closely matches Curran in regional focus and practice breadth.
• Eisenhower Carlson PLLC: Tacoma/South Sound regional firm providing estate planning, real estate, and business law services to individuals and small businesses. Comparable in scale and practice mix to Curran, with similar community-rooted positioning.
• Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara LLP: Tacoma-area full-service firm providing estate planning, probate, real estate, and business law services to individuals and businesses in the South Sound. Closely comparable in regional footprint and practice mix to Curran Law Firm.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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