Steven Sundheim

Steven R. Sundheim & Associates, L.L.C.

Steven Sundheim Personal Injury Lawyer

Steven R. Sundheim & Associates, L.L.C.

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Firm Summary

Steven R. Sundheim, Esq. graduated from New York University in 1980 with a major (honors) in Psychology. He worked as a paralegal for 18 months at the firm of Skadden, Arps, et al. and then attended the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where he was on the Law Review in both his second and third years, graduating (J.D.) in 1984.

He worked as an associate attorney from 1984 to 1991 at Wilson, Elser, et. al – a large firm NYC law firm with both a local and national (and later international) practice. At Wilson, Elser, he defended the manufacturers and distributers of numerous products sold in the United States, including programs of cases against recreational power boats, scuba equipment, farm equipment such as tractors and roller compactor vehicles, computerized lathes and cyanacrylate glues ( including “Krazy Glue®”).

From 1992 through mid 1996 Mr. Sundheim worked at the firm of Kral, Clerkin, et al. defending products liability cases and many premises’ liability cases brought against property owners and managers. At that time, he also began defending New York Labor law matters which involve construction site accidents and all of the various trades that work in construction.

In 1996 he left Kral Clerkin to open his own law offices. He also ran the New York offices for Goldberg & Spitzer, LLC whose practice focused primarily on plaintiff’s employment law and civil rights.  In 1998 he merged his firm’s practice with Goldberg and Spitzer, LLC and formed Spitzer, Sundheim & Brey, LLC which practiced both insurance defense work in a myriad of accident cases and also commercial litigation, civil rights and employment law.

In 2002, he took his part of the practice, which had grown substantially, to form Steven R. Sundheim & Associates, LLC with offices in New York and Connecticut. The Firm handled hundreds of cases in New York State, the majority of them being high profile/serious accident matters pending in all of the New York City venues.  The Firm achieved a very high degree of successful outcomes in this work, via trials, motions for summary judgment and negotiated settlements.

From mid 2008 to 2010, Mr. Sundheim was a partner with the law firm of Jones Garneau, LLP (subsequently “Jones Morrison, LLP”) handling a combination of plaintiff and defendant personal injury matters, along with employment law and other commercial litigation matters.

In January of 2011, Mr. Sundheim reopened the Firm – Steven R. Sundheim & Associates, LLC, in downtown White Plains, New York.

Mr. Sundheim is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Westchester Bar Association. He has been an instructor for the New York State Bar Association on the combined subjects of expert discovery and the selection and presentation and cross examination of experts at trial (“an expert on experts”).  He is admitted to practice in all of the Courts of the State of New York and Connecticut and the Federal District Courts for the  Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and the  District of Connecticut Federal Courts.

Mr. Sundheim is also an accomplished close up magician, with countless performances since childhood for profit, charity and fun.  He is a proficient and enthusiastic biker, hiker, skier and scuba diver.  He is married and currently resides in Westchester County, New York.