Steven E. Fineman
Steven E. Fineman is the Managing Partner of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, resident in the firm’s New York office. Under his leadership, Lieff Cabraser has become a “go-to” firm for plaintiffs’ litigation across multiple bars, including Mass Torts, Antitrust, Securities/Financial Fraud, Consumer Protection, Product Liability, Employment Discrimination, and Whistleblower/False Claims Act. This commitment to excellence has led Lieff Cabraser to leadership roles in numerous major cases in recent years, and the firm to wide-spread recognition as one of the premier plaintiff-side litigation firms in the country. Most recently, in 2022, the New York Law Journal named Lieff Cabraser the “Best Class Action Department” of the year, in 2021, the firm was named the Boutique Litigation Firm of the year at the American Lawyer Industry Awards, and in 2021, Benchmark Litigation named the firm California Plaintiff Firm of the Year. For his leadership of the firm, Lawdragon has identified Mr. Fineman as one of the nation’s “100 Managing Partners You Need to Know.”
In addition to managing the firm, Mr. Fineman represents plaintiffs in class, group and individual civil litigation in the areas of securities and financial fraud, mass torts, consumer fraud, and whistleblower law. He has been consistently recognized as a top lawyer in his fields by Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Benchmark Plaintiff, and the National Law Journal. Lawdragon has repeatedly identified Mr. Fineman as one of the nation’s “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” and in 2022, selected Mr. Fineman as one of 20 “2022 Lawdragon Legends.” In 2023, the National Law Journal selected Mr. Fineman as a “2023 Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazer.”
Mr. Fineman is the co-chair of the Anti-Defamation League’s Global Leadership Council, a member of the Growth Committee of ADL’s National Board of Directors, a member of ADL’s National Commission, a member of the ADL’s New York/New Jersey Regional Board, and is a past Chair of the New York/New Jersey Regional Board. He is a member of the Advisory Board for Stanford Law School’s Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, and is a frequent guest lecturer at Stanford Law School. Mr. Fineman is a past President of the Public Justice Foundation, which oversees and funds the national public interest law firm, Public Justice, P.C., is a part member of the Board of Directors of the American Constitution Society, and is a past Co-Chair of the American Association for Justice’s Securities Litigation Group.
- Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in field of “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs,” 2005-2024
- "Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America," 2020-2023
“Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer,” The National Law Journal, 2023
- “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2019-2023
- “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2020-2023
- “Legends of the 500,” Lawdragon, 2022
- “Super Lawyer for New York Metro,” Super Lawyers, 2006-2022
- “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
- “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
- “100 Managing Partners You Need to Know,” Lawdragon, 2008
- “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
New York, New York 10013-1413
