Steven L. Penaro

• Counsel to insurance companies assisting with the underwriting of contingent/litigation risk products.
• Lead counsel to a franchisor in a New Jersey action involving tort claims.
• Represented three pharmaceutical benefit managers in one of the largest multidistrict litigations in history.
• Counsel to a leading national insurance company in class actions involving business interruption coverage related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Counsel to a foreign manufacturer in a breach of contract action involving a manufacturing and supply agreement. 
• Counsel to a leading health care insurance company in a dispute involving out-of-network coverage issues.
• Counsel to a national accounting firm in an employment dispute.
• Lead trial counsel in a defamation case in the New Jersey Supreme Court. Obtained a favorable jury verdict protecting the client from a potential adverse judgment exceeding $25 million.
• Advising a life settlements company on various policy enforcement issues.
• Advising a startup hedge fund on various employment issues.
• Counsel for a Chinese insurance company in a collection dispute.
• Counsel to a limited liability company in an ownership dispute.
• Counsel to a manufacturer of construction materials in a products liability action.
• Counsel to a health care services company in a breach of contract dispute involving actuarial science.
• Appellate counsel in various state and federal court appeals.

Steve Penaro is a partner in the New York office and a member of Alston & Bird’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group. He focuses his practice on general commercial litigation. (CV auf Deutsch)

Steve has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of complex commercial disputes, including litigation involving breach of contract, fraud, right of first refusal claims, various tort claims, securities law, and agency and fiduciary relationships. Steve has represented clients in a wide array of industries, including the health care, retail, and insurance industries, where he has litigated a variety of issues unique to that space. Steve also assists insurance clients seeking to underwrite contingent risk products. His experience spans federal and state practices and appeals. Before joining Alston & Bird, Steve was a voluntary law clerk to the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Steve received his J.D., magna cum laude, in 2009 from the Fordham University School of Law, where he served as an associate editor on the Fordham Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A. in history from the College of the Holy Cross in 2006.

Steve is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey

Education

• Fordham University (J.D., 2009)
• College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 2006)

Memberships