CURRAN KIM PORTO was born in Mt. Holly, New Jersey, April 29, 1961.  He received his Bachelor of Science in business degree in 1987 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, his Juris Doctorate degree in 1992 from Mississippi College of Law, and in 1993 his Master of Laws in Taxation from the Graduate School at the University of Florida. 

Curran has been an attorney since 1992 and is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, Florida (admitted in 1994), and Kentucky (admitted in 2010).  He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court in the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  In 1992, while participating in the Federal Internship Program, he was appointed to assist the Newark, New Jersey District Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service.  In July 1993, he was appointed a Federal Judicial Law Clerk for the late Honorable Thomas E. Baynes, Jr., Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, and served in that position until July 1995.  Along with considering himself to be a consumer rights advocate for property damage insurance claims, Curran also practices in the areas of other consumer protection laws including bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, real estate transactions, estate planning and elder law, and state and federal tax dispute resolution with his Tampa, Florida law firm of Porto Legal Center.