Steve's practice focuses on domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy, construction, corporate, enegery, insurance, intellectual property, privacy and data security, and other disputes. Steve is chair of Jones Day's e-Discovery Committee. He co-founded The Sedona Conference Working Group on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (WG6). He is a qualified arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the CPR Institute. Steve serves a hearing officer pursuant to the consent decree in the Civil RICO case of United States v. Local 14-14B, IUOE (E.D.N.Y.) and served two terms as election officer in the case of United States v. District Council of Carpenters (S.D.N.Y.). He taught arbitration law at Broooklyn Law School for nine years. Steve regularly speaks to a wide array of groups for CLE and other purposes. He has written more than 150 articles on a variety of topics. His book, Arbitration: Essential Concepts (ALM) was published in 2002. His book, A Privacy Primer for Corporate Counsel (Aspatore/West) was published in 2009.