Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Employment and Labor

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Office Managing Partner

Co-lead of Global Hospitality Team

Steve is the managing partner of the New York office and co-leads the firm’s Global Hospitality Team. He is a seasoned litigator and employment lawyer with over 30 years of experience handling complex commercial and employment law disputes.

Steve has deep experience advising hotels, resorts, restaurants and others in the hospitality sector in a wide variety of matters including, among others, owner-operator relations, employment, complex commercial disputes, customer loyalty programs, fiduciary duty claims and accessibility issues including website accessibility.

Steve is also a long-standing member of the Firm’s Sports and Entertainment Group and spends a substantial amount of time representing clients in that industry including the leading headwear brand in the world. His work in that area covers numerous disciplines and he is viewed as a trusted advisor on complex strategic issues for clients in that sector.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Federal Bar Council New York State Bar Association – Employment and Labor Relations Committee Association of the Bar of the City of New York