Steve focuses his practice on banking and consumer financial services industries while also serving a broader array of clients in complex litigation. In addition to general civil and business litigation, Steve’s experience includes litigation of real estate, environmental, employment, and land use matters. These representations include a variety of trial and appellate matters in both state and federal court.
Steve’s representation of financial institutions includes defending claims brought under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as well as issues involving residential loan workouts, servicing, and foreclosures.
- Pennsylvania
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Columbia Law SchoolJD2008
- Rutgers University, Rutgers CollegeBSPhysics; BS Mathematics2001
- Vice-President, Columbia Alumni Association (Pittsburgh chapter), 2015-2020