BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Stephen is a commercial and business litigation associate at Lynch Thompson, where he has worked since 2018. Stephen received his J.D. in 2018 from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Theatre from Middlebury College in 2013, where he graduated magna cum laude, earned high honors in both majors, and received the Theodore S. Woolsey Prize.
While in law school, Stephen worked as a student civil rights attorney at the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, focusing primarily on parole and bond reform litigation, and was a member of the Executive Board of the Julius H. Miner Moot Court. He also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Rita M. Novak of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division.
At Lynch Thompson, Stephen has worked with a variety of the firm’s medium and larger clients, on a range of litigated disputes. Stephen has significant deposition experience, as well as experience with all other facets of the discovery process. Stephen has participated in settlement conferences, mediations, and arbitrations, including a 14-day FINRA arbitration. Substantively, Stephen has worked on matters involving disputes over the sale of businesses, allegedly defective products, lost profits analyses, and standing issues. A major component of Stephen’s practice is devoted to disputes surrounding the compensation of executives and other high-net worth individuals.
Prior to attending law school, Stephen worked at the New York headquarters of several international educational and cultural non-profit organizations, and for theatre companies in Manhattan and Brooklyn. He acted Off-Broadway, and was a Critic Fellow at the Kennedy Center, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Critics Institute.
PRACTICE AREAS:
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Cross-Border Litigation
LAW SCHOOL:
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 2018
COLLEGE:
- Middlebury College, B.A., 2013, magna cum laude
- Theodore S. Woolsey Prize
MEMBERSHIPS:
- Illinois (2018)
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (2019)
BAR MEMBERSHIPS:
- American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association