Stephen Straus is a founding partner of Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, with offices in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Illinois, and Connecticut. A significant part of Steve’s practice is counseling and representing product manufacturers, distributors and retailers in matters involving product liability exposures. This includes providing risk management analysis and best practices advice. It also includes litigation of product liability suits in state and federal courts throughout the country. Steve has tried to successful verdict numerous cases involving catastrophic injury (e.g., closed head injury, paralysis, death), as well as those involving significant property loss based on alleged product defects.
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- St. John's University School of Law, J.D.
- Boston University, B.S.B.A.
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Professional & Community Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
- Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- USLAW Network
- Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association
Noteworthy
- Old Republic Ins. Co. v. United Nat’l Ins. Co., Index No. 155995/2012, 2016 N.Y. slip op. 606 (1st Dep’t Jan. 28, 2016), rev’g 977 N.Y.S.2d 668 (Sup. Ct. Commercial Div., N.Y. County).
- General Accident Ins. Co. of America v. State of New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, 143 N.J. 462, 672 A.2d 1154 (1996); Levi Mohney v. U.S.A. Hockey, Inc., 2005 Fed. Appx. 0599N (6th Cir. July 14, 2005)
- TLSS Management Committee member