Stephen M. Lazare
Partner
Insurance Coverage/Litigation
Direct: (212) 784-2401
Mr Lazare's practice focuses on insurance coverage and commercial litigation. Throughout his career, he has assisted major carriers and other financial institutions in all aspects of civil litigation at the trial and appellate level. He also works closely with insurance companies in monitoring major securities and other commercial disputes internationally. Mr. Lazare is a frequent author and lecturer on important issues and trends relative to commercial lines insurance and litigation issues. He is a former Chairperson of the New York State Bar Association’s Insurance Coverage Committee and a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Defense Research Institute, the Professional Liability Underwriters Society, the Insurance Federation of New York and the Editorial Advisory Board for Strafford Publications' Insurance Law & Litigation periodical.
Education and Career Background
St. Lawrence University (BA 1982)
Albany Law School at Union University
(JD, Editor-in-Chief, Albany Law Review,
Recipient of Benjamin N. Cardozo Award, 1985)
Admitted in the State of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York.
