Amy Cobb Curran

Amy Cobb Curran is a partner and member of Chapman’s Public Finance Department and the ESG Finance and Impact Investing cross‑disciplinary team. Amy’s practice centers on social finance across multiple sectors, including public finance for nonprofit hospitals, health care systems, senior living communities, continuing care retirement communities, universities, and infrastructure projects and ESG finance and impact investing for both nonprofit and for‑profit clients in a variety of impact areas. She has served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and borrower's counsel in hundreds of financings and related transactions and has structured, negotiated, drafted, and implemented fixed rate, variable rate, multimodal, and put bond financing structures.

Amy also represents social service providers, investors, municipal entities, and intermediaries in Pay for Success financings for early childhood education, homelessness reduction, juvenile services, and recidivism reduction projects.

In addition, Amy advises clients regarding post‑issuance compliance with tax‑related statutes and regulations, disclosure requirements and bond document covenants and prepares and reviews clients’ ESG investing policies.

Amy is active in the public finance industry and is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Women in Public Finance, and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group. She has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer for Public Finance in Illinois (Band 1) and is included in The Best Lawyers in America for Public Finance Law. She has also been recognized by the Chicago‑Kent College of Law with the Distinguished Alumna Service Award and the Student Bar Association Alumna of the Year Award.

In the community, Amy serves on the Chicago Leadership Council of the U.S. Soccer Foundation.

At Chapman, Amy serves on the governing Policy Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee supporting non‑partner attorney matters. Amy also chairs the Professional Personnel Committee, which is responsible for reviewing and supporting the performance, growth, and advancement of associate, counsel, senior counsel, and staff attorneys. Amy serves as the supervising partner for Chapman’s first‑year associates as they participate in the firm’s pooling program. She is a past chair of the firm's Employment Committee and Professional Development Committee.

Prior to joining Chapman, Amy practiced in the health care group at Jones Day.