Partner

Steven C. Stern

Carle Place, NY

Licensed in 2 States

About Steven

Steven C. Stern is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated lawyer, SuperLawyer, founding and managing partner of Sokoloff Stern LLP. He is a prominent federal litigator, who represents hundreds of municipalities, school districts, public authorities, and public officials throughout the State of New York. He concentrates largely in the defense of civil rights, employment discrimination, police liability, free speech and religion, land use, municipal, and education matters and advises companies on best practices in the employment and civil rights context. Mr. Stern began his career in private practice, litigating general liability, employment, malpractice, and commercial disputes before joining the New York City Law Department’s Special Federal Litigation Division. As Assistant Corporation Counsel, he handled some of the City’s most high profile federal civil rights and employment cases. After being promoted to Senior Counsel, he became a supervisor overseeing a team of attorneys, each handling a substantial caseload of civil rights cases, primarily representing the NYPD and NYC Department of Correction. Mr. Stern was one of the City’s recruiters and Continuing Legal Education instructors, teaching courses on techniques for conducting effective depositions and ethical issues pertaining to the representation of municipal officials and employees. He co-authored the First Amendment chapter for the Fifth Edition of the American Bar Association’s book entitled, “Sword & Shield: A Practical Approach to Section 1983 Litigation.” He teaches civil rights law at Touro University, lectures at Stony Brook University, and presents before prominent organizations including DRI, FDCC, CLM, the New York Conference of Mayors, NYS Association of Chiefs of Police, Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations, and the Federal Bar Council in the areas of federal practice, civil rights, and municipal liability.