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Steptoe LLP

USA Guide 2024

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Steptoe LLP

Steptoe LLP

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In more than 110 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions.


Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington.


The firm is particularly noted for its capabilities in:

  • White-collar defense and other government investigations and enforcement including anti-corruption and economic sanctions, fraud, money laundering, criminal antitrust, and tax investigations, examinations, and enforcement actions;
  • High-stakes litigation particularly involving complex commercial claims and cross-border disputes;
  • Patent and technology litigation especially life sciences, trade secrets, and Section 337 claims and controversies arising from disruptive technologies;
  • Preventive international corporate compliance particularly FCPA/anti-corruption, economic sanctions/export controls, national and cybersecurity, including program development and implementation, transaction counseling, and internal investigations; and
  • Challenging regulatory issues before the US government particularly agencies addressing energy, the environment, tax, trade, transportation, telecommunications, technology, and the Internet, as well as regulatory matters in Brussels, London, and Beijing.


Steptoe has a strong litigation track record. In 2021 and 2022 the firm took more than 80 cases to trial, acting for plaintiffs and defendants equally.


In 2022 the firm delivered more than 31,000 hours of pro bono hours across more than 600 matters, equivalent in value to more than $850,000.


The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders; the firm’s fourteen-person elected compensation committee includes six women; and the firm's nine-person elected executive committee includes three women.


The firm's eight-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with half the c-suite made up of women, including three women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.

Ranked Offices

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USA - Head office
China
  • Hong Kong
    Room 1002, 10th Floor Two Chinachem Central 26 Des Voeux Road , Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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UK
USA
  • Chicago
    115 South LaSalle Street Suite 3100 , Chicago, Illinois, USA, IL 60603
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    Houston
    717 Texas Avenue Suite 2800 , Houston, Texas, USA, TX 77002-2761
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    Los Angeles
    633 West 5th Street Suite 700 , Los Angeles, California, USA, CA 90071
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    New York
    1114 Avenue of the Americas , New York, New York, USA, NY 10036
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Steptoe LLP rankings

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California
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Jeffrey M Reisner
2
Jeffrey M Reisner
2
Band 2
District of Columbia
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
4
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
4
Band 4
Lawyers
Melanie Nussdorf
S
Melanie Nussdorf
S
Senior Statespeople
Paul Ondrasik
S
Paul Ondrasik
S
Senior Statespeople
Eric Serron
4
Eric Serron
4
Band 4
Insurance: Insurer
1 Department
5 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Insurance: Insurer
1
Insurance: Insurer
1
Band 1
Lawyers
James Rocap III
S
James Rocap III
S
Senior Statespeople
Roger Warin
S
Roger Warin
S
Senior Statespeople
Antonia B Ianniello
1
Antonia B Ianniello
1
Band 1
Harry Lee
1
Harry Lee
1
Band 1
Sarah Gordon
3
Sarah Gordon
3
Band 3
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
1 Department
Department
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
1
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
1
Band 1
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
2
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Reid Weingarten
Reid Weingarten
Star Individuals
Brian M Heberlig
1
Brian M Heberlig
1
Band 1
Jason Weinstein
3
Jason Weinstein
3
Band 3
Tax
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Tax
3
Tax
3
Band 3
Lawyers
Lisa Zarlenga
2
Lisa Zarlenga
2
Band 2
Philip West
2
Philip West
2
Band 2
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
3
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
3
Band 3
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