
Steven R. Kaufman Associate
Background
Steven is an associate in the New York office, where he works on condominium/co-op cases, in addition to general liability and property damage matters.
Before joining the firm, Steven was an associate at a regional civil defense law firm in Manhattan, where Steven defended attorneys in legal malpractice actions. Steven also has experience handling complex commercial litigation matters, general liability, premises liability, labor law, and insurance coverage matters.
Steven was born and raised in Long Island, New York. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History, with a minor in Entrepreneurship, from the University of Miami before going on to receive his Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2023. While at Cardozo, he served as a staff editor for the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice and was a member of Cardozo’s Sports Law Society. During law school, Steven gained valuable experience through internships at a corporate and commercial litigation firm in Manhattan and an insurance defense firm in New Jersey.