Lawyer Profile

Steven E. Fineman

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Best Lawyers Advisory Board Member

Recognized Since:

2006
Recognized in:

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
Law School:

University of California Hastings College of the Law
Website:

http://www.lieffcabraser.com
Firm's Phone Number:

(212) 355.9500
Location:

250 Hudson Street, Eighth Floor

New York, NY 10013-1413

Steven E. Fineman is the Managing Partner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP.

Mr. Fineman, who is based in the firm’s New York City office, has been recognized for his leadership of Lieff Cabraser — Lawdragon Magazine has called him one of the “100 Managing Partners You Need to Know.”

Based in the firm’s New York City office, Mr. Fineman represents institutional and classes of investors in securities and financial fraud cases; classes and groups of individuals in mass tort litigation; classes of consumers in false marketing and deceptive business practice cases; and whistleblowers in False Claims Act matters.

Mr. Fineman has been recognized for his success as a litigator by Best Lawyers in America (2016 New York City Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, Plaintiffs’ Lawyer of the Year); Super Lawyers (Securities Litigation); and Benchmark Plaintiffs (Litigation Star; National Practice, Mass Tort/Product Liability and Local Litigation Star; New York, Securities and Mass Torts).

Mr. Fineman has been appointed to numerous leadership roles in the legal community. He is a long-time member of the board and is a past President of the Public Justice Foundation. He is currently a member of the board of The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Stanford Law School Center on the Legal Profession and the Advisory Board of the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute. He previously served as the co-chair of the Securities Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice.

Mr. Fineman is a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s National Commission and in 2019 was named Chair of the ADL New York Region, having previously served as Vice-Chair. He writes and lectures frequently on complex litigation and the business of the law.

Lawyer Bio

Steven E. Fineman is the Managing Partner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP.

Education:

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

Bar Admissions:

California, The State Bar of California
New York, New York State Bar Association
District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar

Court Admissions:

U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1995
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1989
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1989
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1989
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1997
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1997
U.S. District Court, of the District of Columbia, 1997
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2006

Affiliations:

American Association for Justice - Member
American Bar Association - Member
American Constitution Society - Member
Association of the Bar of the City of New York - Member
Bar Association of the District of Columbia - Member
Civil Justice Foundation - Board of Trustees (2004 – Present)
Fight for Justice Campaign - Member
Human Rights First - Member
National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys - Executive Committee (2009 - Present)
New York State Bar Association - Member
New York State Trial Lawyers Association - Board of Directors (2001 - 2004)
New York State Trial Lawyers Assocation's 'Bill of Particulars' - Editorial Board and Columnist, "Federal Practice for the State Court Practitioner" (2005 - Present)
Plaintiff Toxic Tort Advisory Council - Lexis/Nexis, Mealey's Publications and Conferences Group (2002 - 2005)
Public Justice Foundation - President (July 2011 - July 2012); Executive Committee (July 2006 - Present); Board of Directors (July 2002 - Present)
State Bar of California - Member
Supreme Court Historical Society - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, New York City (2016)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Awards:

Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in field of “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs,” 2006-2021
“Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2020, 2021
"Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America," 2020
“Lawyer of the Year,” Best Lawyers, recognized in the category of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs for New York City, 2016
“New York Litigation Star,” Benchmark Litigation, 2013-2016
“Super Lawyer for New York Metro,” Super Lawyers, 2006-2019
Member, Best Lawyers Advisory Board, a select group of U.S. and international law firm leaders and general counsel, 2011-2012
“100 Managing Partners You Need to Know,” Lawdragon, 2008
“Top Attorneys In Securities Law,” Super Lawyers Business Edition, 2008
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
“40 Under 40,” selected as one of the country’s most successful litigators under the age of 40, The National Law Journal, 2002