Stephen brings more than two decades of trial and appellate litigation experience in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitrations. He has handled a wide array of complex matters, including business, commercial, corporate, real estate, banking, financial services, consumer finance, securities industry/broker-dealer, white collar/regulatory, ERISA, and labor and employment.
Stephen is a seasoned litigator with 'first chair' and lead counsel experience in trials, evidentiary hearings, arbitrations, and appellate oral arguments across multiple jurisdictions and forums, including New York and New Jersey. He has successfully obtained judgments for his clients as the lead attorney in several multiday bench trials and arbitrations, and has also prevailed as lead counsel in oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals, as well as New York's and New Jersey's appellate courts.
Clients frequently call upon Stephen in "escalated litigation" in order to mitigate risk and salvage ongoing complex disputes in problematic fact patterns and procedural postures, including disputes that span multiple fronts, where the parties are concurrently litigating before several courts and arbitration forums. In addition, Stephen regularly litigates in the class action space and against government regulators and agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. In his practice, Stephen has represented businesses and entities of diverse sizes and across a broad range of industries and sectors, such as financial services, banking, broker-dealers, real estate, manufacturing, health care, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, energy, utilities, education, and insurance, as well as individual executives and professionals.
Stephen has also litigated before government regulatory bodies such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and numerous other federal, state, and local agencies, as well as self-regulating organizations such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (formerly NASD/NYSE).
Stephen contributes his analysis and commentary on legal and business developments in the financial services industry through the firm's Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor blog and the Financial Services Industry blog.
Before joining the firm, Stephen worked at two other law firms that are listed on both AmLaw 100 and the Vault 100 Rankings: Most Prestigious Law Firms in America.
Stephen devotes a material portion of his legal practice to pro bono causes. including criminal defense work for low income and diverse populations in New York City.
Representative Cases
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
02.01.24
Troutman Pepper Publishes 2023 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and A Look Ahead
Articles + Publications
02.01.24
Troutman Pepper Publishes 2023 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review and A Look Ahead
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
01.29.24
FINRA Finds Potential Rule Violations in Crypto Asset Sweep
Troutman Pepper Financial Services
06.22.23
Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Reaffirms Its Commitment to Enforcement Actions In Connection with the Protection Of Elderly Investor Customers
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
06.22.23
Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Reaffirms Its Commitment to Enforcement Actions In Connection with the Protection Of Elderly Investor Customers
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
06.02.23
Securities Industry Arbitrations and Litigation Update: FINRA Member Firms Don’t Forget to “Dot Your I’s and Cross Your T’s” in Seeking to Confirm Promissory Note Arbitration Award