Stephen P. Younger, Past President of the New York State Bar Association, is a leading commercial litigator and also well known for his ADR work. Mr. Younger has more than 30 years of experience as a business litigator. He has tried many cases in federal and state courts and in arbitration. He frequently argues appeals, particularly in New York appellate courts. He is often called on to serve as an arbitrator or mediator in high-stakes matters.
Mr. Younger serves as Editor of the New York Commercial Division Practice Guide, which is part of Bloomberg Law’s Litigation Practice Portfolio Series and is a Co-Editor of the Commercial Division Blog.
Mr. Younger’s clients include financial institutions, mutual funds, hedge funds and venture capital firms involved in commercial, securities and real estate disputes. He has also developed an extensive practice representing European and Latin American companies in U.S.-related matters.
Mr. Younger previously served on Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Transition Committee and was the Transition Director for Mr. Cuomo after he was elected New York State Attorney General. He also served on the Transition Committee for New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance. He was Counsel to the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination, which nominates New York’s Court of Appeals Judges, and is a member of the Governor’s First Department Judicial Screening Committee.
He is Chair of the Board of the Historical Society of the New York Courts. He is Vice Chair of the New York International Arbitration Center, of which he was a founding Board member. Mr. Younger serves as New York’s State Delegate to the American Bar Association. A long-time Trustee of Albany Law School, Mr. Younger is Past President of its National Alumni Council. He is also Secretary of the Harvard Club of New York City.
Mr. Younger is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, teaching commercial litigation. Before joining Patterson Belknap, Mr. Younger served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Hugh R. Jones, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. He graduated from Albany Law School in 1982 and Harvard College in 1977.
Last updated Sep 2020
