Attorneys

Steven R. Schlesinger
sschlesinger@jaspanllp.com

Steven R. Schlesinger is the managing partner of Jaspan Schlesinger LLP and the partner in charge of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Schlesinger concentrates his practice in commercial and real estate matters, bankruptcy, and litigation. He provides general advice and counsel to telecommunications, real estate development, automobile dealerships, and construction companies. He has also acted as special counsel to numerous government agencies and served as a director of two publicly held corporations.

In addition, Mr. Schlesinger has extensive litigation experience involving Election Law. He currently serves as Law Chairman of the Nassau Democratic County Committee and has served as a member of the Special Committee of the New York State Bar Association on the Reform of the Election Law. He has acted as counsel to numerous political campaigns including Clinton/Gore ‘96 and McCarthy for Congress. Mr. Schlesinger was appointed by the Appellate Division, Second Department, as a member of the Character and Fitness Committee and served as the Chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Schlesinger has represented numerous businesses in bankruptcies and commercial matters and related litigation. He has been counsel in many Federal and State Court trials including numerous matters in The Delaware Chancery Court, the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court and The Bankruptcy Courts. He has argued several hundred appellate cases including several in the New York State Court of Appeals.

Mr. Schlesinger has also had business interests involving real estate developments, car dealerships, automotive distributorships, oil reclamation systems, and restaurants among other businesses. Mr. Schlesinger is also a ranked professional poker player.

Mr. Schlesinger received his undergraduate degree from Queens College and his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in the State Courts of New York, and before the Supreme Court of the United States and the Eastern and Southern District Courts of New York. Mr. Schlesinger is a member of the Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar and Nassau County Bar Associations. He currently serves as president of his synagogue and as head of The Kermit Gitenstein Foundation, LLC. Mr. Schlesinger is active in many other charitable and civic organizations.

B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York - 1973 J.D., Hofstra University School of Law - 1976

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