Steven E. Fineman

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.

Published Works

•“The Basics of Obtaining Class Certification in Securities Fraud Cases: U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Standard, Rejecting Fifth Circuit’s ‘Loss Causation’ Requirement,” Bloomberg Law Reports, 2011

Honors & Awards

•Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in field of “Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs,” 2006-2020
•“Super Lawyer for New York Metro,” Super Lawyers, 2006-2019
•“Lawyer of the Year,” Best Lawyers, recognized in the category of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Plaintiffs for New York City, 2016
•“Super Lawyer for New York Metro,” Super Lawyers, 2006-2019
•“New York Litigation Star,” Benchmark Litigation, 2013-2016
•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-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

In the News

•June 12, 2019
Steven Fineman Welcomed as Incoming Board-Chair of ADL New York Region
•June 27, 2017
Steven Fineman Welcomed as Incoming Vice-Chair of ADL New York Region
•April 6, 2017
Lieff Cabraser Attorneys to Speak at AAJ “Future of Class Actions” Seminar
•January 18, 2017
Elizabeth Cabraser and Steven Fineman to Speak at Second International Conference on Class Action Consumer Actions
•December 9, 2016
Steven Fineman Appointed to Board of American Consitution Society
•August 17, 2015
Best Lawyers Names Steven Fineman, Elizabeth Cabraser & Richard Heimann As Lawyers Of The Year