Curls Bartling P.C.

Ms. Curls Bartling works with a variety of clients – founders and creators of new businesses, principals and directors of small businesses and nonprofits, project managers, in-house counsel and officers of large corporations – to facilitate strategies and structure, and then draft and negotiate, a wide variety of business initiatives, strategic alliances, commercial contracts and business arrangements, of varying degrees of complexity. In addition, she serves as as co-bond, disclosure and underwriters’ counsel in the issuance of municipal bonds, commercial paper, and tax and revenue anticipation notes.

Ms. Curls Bartling is a graduate of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1991, and of Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994.

email ericka@curlsbartling.com
direct line (510) 225-0981

Resume

Ms. Curls Bartling’s practice focuses on the general representation of business entities, counseling both emerging and established companies, municipalities, governmental entities and non-profits, on a broad range of legal issues relating to business and project structuring, procurement and supply, equity and debt financing, licensing, consulting and outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions, business collaborations and strategic alliances. She has significant and broad experience in the structuring, negotiation and preparation of a variety of commercial contracts and business agreements of various degrees of complexity.

In addition, Ms. Curls Bartling has a substantial public finance practice, serving as bond, co-bond, disclosure and underwriter’s counsel in both tax-exempt and taxable municipal finance transactions. She has considerable experience reviewing, analyzing and drafting legal documentation (e.g., indentures of trust, escrow agreements, bond purchase agreements, pledge and assignment agreements, loan agreements and regulatory agreements); preparing official statements and closing documents; and providing advice and guidance related to disclosure and continuing disclosure matters.

Prior to private practice in California, Ms. Curls Bartling was an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board in Missouri. She later worked as General Counsel for an asset management firm in San Francisco, where she reviewed all business, vendor and marketing contracts as well as investment advisor activities for compliance with applicable state and federal securities regulations.

Education

• Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994, J.D. Scholar in Law.
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1991, B.S., Political Science.

Bar Associations & Memberships

• California Bar (1997), Missouri Bar (1994)
• American Bar Association, National Bar Association
• Bar Association of San Francisco, Charles Houston Bar Association
• Alameda County Bar Association
• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• Black Women Lawyers of Northern California

Honors and Acknowledgements

• Named 2009 Northern California “Rising Star” by California Superlawyer – August, 2009.
• California Minority Counsel Program Spotlights Ericka Curls Bartling “Success Story” – January, 2008 enewsletter.

Professional Activities

• Lecturer, topics include corporate & partnership law, limited liability entities and ethics.
• Panelist on Promoting Diversity Through Partnering, sponsored by AT&T, PG&E, SCE, San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Gas Company and Verizon (2007).
• Panelist on The Duty of Loyalty: Managing Expectations and Strategies for Resolving Issues that Arise between In-House and Outside Counsel, sponsored by the American Bar Association at its Spring Minority Counsel Program (2010).
• Panelist on A Work in Progress: Addressing Implicit and Structural Bias in the Legal Profession, sponsored by the California Minority Counsel Program at its 23rd Annual Business Conference (2012).
• Panelist for Ashton 212 for their program: The Deep Dark Secrets of Consulting, specifically discussed Legal Considerations for a Successful Consulting Business (2014).