Steven M. Stieglitz

Throughout his career, Steven Stieglitz has spent significant time in the fields of Mental Hygiene Law Article 81 Guardianships, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Landlord/Tenant, and Estate Administration. After working at a larger firm as an associate for five years, he then went on to open a practice with his current law partner, Patrick Welch, being Stieglitz & Welch PLLC, wherein the firm handles the above types of matters as well as personal injury, employment law, and general commercial litigation.

Professor Stieglitz has also been a part of a team which handles complex Article 81 Guardianships throughout the state, ranging from Brooklyn to Rockland, and has also been published in the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Journal on the topic of Article 81 Guardianships. He has also worked with the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, and likewise have been published with them regarding the alternative dispute resolution techniques which can be applicable to divorce, including but not limited to, the collaborative method. Additionally, he has also worked with ESPN which resulted in the publication of an article outlining the baseball arbitration process and specifically focusing on the player and team aspects.

Professor Stieglitz also maintains an active extracurricular legal calendar. He has been the Ninth-District Representative for the New York State Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division as well as a member of the New York State House of Delegates as an elected Delegate for the Ninth District. Alongside his active membership within the State Bar Association, he remains active in the Westchester Bar Associate where he served as a Co-Chair of the Website and Technology Committee.

• BA, SUNY New Paltz
• JD, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

• Drafting Legal Documents LAW 825

• Exercising Caution When Permitting a PING Designation in an Article 81 Proceeding, New York State Bar Association Elder Law Newsletter, December 2017
• Lieutenant Jack Cambria: Turning Hostility to Understanding, New York State Council On Divorce Mediation, March, 2016
• Calm the Chaos: Navigating the Emotional, Financial and Ethical Complexities of Divorce, New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, December, 2015
• 2016 Salary Projection: Mets Closer Jeurys Familia, ESPN.go.com, November 2015
• Responding to Hostile E-mails, New York State Council On Divorce Mediation, June 2015

• Elected as a member of the House of Delegates for the New York State Bar Association for two year term (2017–2019)

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