Steven E. Fineman

Bio

Practice Areas

Awards & Recognition

• Lawyer of the Year: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, New York City (2016)
• Recognized: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
• Practice Area: Litigation - Antitrust
• Practice Area: Litigation - Securities
• Practice Area: Mass Tort Litigation
• Practice Area: Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
• Practice Area: Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Special Focus: Arbitration and Mediation
• Special Focus: Class Actions
• Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in field of “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs,” 2005-2026
• “Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America,” Lawdragon, 2025, 2026
• "Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America," 2020-2025
• “Lawdragon 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know,” Lawdragon, 2025
• “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2019-2025
• “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2020-2025
• “Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers," Lawdragon, 2024
• “Legends of the 500,” Lawdragon, 2022
• “100 Managing Partners You Need to Know,” Lawdragon, 2008
• “Super Lawyer for New York Metro,” Super Lawyers, 2006-2024
• “Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer,” The National Law Journal, 2023
• “Edward Brodsky Founders Award,” Anti-Defamation League, 2021
• “Game-Changer” in the Practice of Law, University of California, San Francisco Law, 2019
• “Recommended – Dispute Resolution, Securities,” The Legal 500, 2018-present
• “Lawyer of the Year,” Best Lawyers, recognized in the category of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs for New York City, 2016
• “U.S. Litigation Star,” “National Litigation Star,” “New York Litigation Star,” Benchmark Litigation, 2013-present
• Member, Best Lawyers Advisory Board, a select group of U.S. and international law firm leaders and general counsel, 2011-2012
• “Top Attorneys In Securities Law,” Super Lawyers Business Edition, 2008-present
• Consultant to the Office of Attorney General, State of New York, in connection with an industry-wide investigation and settlement concerning health insurers’ use of the “Ingenix database” to determine usual and customary rates for out-of-network services, April 1, 2008-February 1, 2009
• “40 Under 40,” selected as one of the country’s most successful litigators under the age of 40, The National Law Journal, 2002

Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2006

Education

• University of California Hastings College of the Law, J.D., graduated 1988
• University of California - San Diego, B.A., graduated 1985