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Steve is a commercial litigator, who also advises clients on complex issues arising in the litigation and transactional context, with a particular focus on technology, complex financial instruments, intellectual property and employment matters. He regularly practices before financial industry arbitral panels and represents clients in related state and federal court actions.

Steve also has an active intellectual property practice, and he has written extensively and taught CLE courses on issues of electronic discovery and document management for large organizations in the litigation context. He writes a regular technology law column for the New York Law Journal. Steve was recognized as an Elite Boutique Trailblazer by the National Law Journal in 2019.

Before resuming private practice, Steve served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Applications Development of the Gryphon Group LLC, an internet company based in New York City. Steve began his career as a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he worked on antitrust matters, bankruptcy cases and telecommunications litigation.

After graduating from CA in 1985, Steve received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1989 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1993. Steve lives in New York City with his wife Elise and their two sons.