His transactional practice includes structuring and negotiating a wide variety of deals across film, television, branded entertainment, and virtual reality for producers, production companies, financiers, writers and directors. Kurland advises clients during all phases of development, financing, production and distribution of projects. He also advises award-winning recording artists, composers, and other music industry clients regarding all aspects of their careers. He serves on the Board of Directors of No Longer Empty, a New York-based non-profit dedicated to orchestrating site-specific public art exhibitions in under-served communities. Kurland holds a B.A. (summa cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.