Kurt Kastorf

Kurt represents clients in high-stakes appeals and complex litigation. He has tried cases and handled appeals in almost every forum across the country, including state and federal trial courts, the United States Supreme Court, every federal circuit court, and state appellate courts, including the Georgia Supreme Court. Kurt is widely recognized for a rare combination of legal insight, practical strategy, and elite written advocacy that enhances case value at every phase.

“We spoke with defense counsel the other day and they commented that having Kurt against them felt like they were bringing a knife to a gunfight. We Agree.”

Kurt Kastorf was working as a young associate at King & Spalding LLP when he came home to find a letter from the United States Attorney General asking him to join the Department of Justice. Over the next eight years—first at the Justice Department and then at WilmerHale LLP—Kurt routinely handled some of the nation’s most challenging appellate, litigation, and regulatory matters.

Kurt brought his experience as a Washington, D.C. litigator back to Georgia when he founded Kastorf Law in 2019. Since returning to Georgia, Kurt has helped obtain or defend verdicts worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars. For these efforts, Kurt has been recognized as a “40 Under Forty” alumnus by Emory University, a “Rising Star” by both the Southeastern Legal Awards and SuperLawyers, and a “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend.

After building a successful solo practice, Kurt joined Bloom Parham in 2026. Kurt litigates cases on behalf of a wide range of clients, from the very large—he has represented two of the three largest internet companies in the world, three of the five largest U.S. banks, and the world’s largest retailer—to the small, including individual clients suffering serious personal injuries, or groups of consumers bringing a class action.

As a U.S. Supreme Court and appellate litigator, Kurt worked for and with many of the country’s most prominent appellate advocates, including Seth Waxman, Ed Kneedler, Paul Clement, and Carter Phillips. He has assisted clients with more than a hundred appeals, before every circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. And his track record speaks for itself: over a decade of practice in Washington, D.C., Kurt won every appeal in which he served as lead counsel.

Kurt has represented individuals, businesses, and governmental agencies facing complex litigation and regulatory problems at every stage of the process, from when a client first learns of an adverse proposed regulation or a new enforcement action, to when a judgment must be overturned on appeal. Few attorneys in Georgia approach Kurt’s knowledge of Federal regulatory matters and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Trial attorneys call on Kurt throughout the litigation process, from when they are brainstorming a complaint up until the eve of trial, when they need a talented advocate to brief and argue critical evidentiary issues and to serve as co-counsel, protecting the judgment from post-trial motions and on appeal. Kurt has experience both with individual claims such as medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, and trucking accidents, and with class actions, particularly consumer protection, securities, and antitrust.

Kurt graduated with high honors and a full academic scholarship from Emory University School of Law. He served as the Executive Articles Editor of the Emory Law Journal and Adjunct Editor of the New York University Journal of Law & Liberty, and he was the President of the American Constitution Society. He received the Paul Bryan Prize in Constitutional Law, the Henry Quillian Prize in Contracts, and the Dean’s Award in seven courses.

Kurt graduated from Emory College with a dual major in philosophy and political science. He was in honors societies in both majors and served as a Justice on both the Honor Council (enforced academic integrity) and Constitutional Council (judicial branch of student government). He was a competitive policy debater, winning a national championship as a freshman.