On June 4, 2022 Adam Kleinberg, with Anthony Fasano of Guercio & Guercio, presented an overview of the New York Child Victims Act, at the New York State Association of School Attorneys’ 21st Annual School Attorney Law Conference.
Adam Kleinberg became a member of the Nassau County Bar Association’s COVID Help Task Force, providing pro bono services to community members who need assistance with labor/employment and other matters arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adam Kleinberg is once again teaching Education Law class at Touro Law School. The course touches on many of the firm’s practice areas. Professor Kleinberg is honored to have the opportunity to continue giving back to his alma mater.
After being a member of the New York State bar for over 20 years, Adam Kleinberg was admitted to the New Jersey bar, to better assist the firm’s growing New Jersey practice. Partner Leo Dorfman is also an active member of the New Jersey bar.
Steven Stern and Chelsea Weisbord drafted the First Amendment chapter for the Fifth Edition of the American Bar Association’s book entitled, “Sword & Shield: A Practical Approach to Section 1983 Litigation.”
March 9, 2020 Steven Stern and Chelsea Weisbord drafted the First Amendment chapter for the Fifth Edition of the American Bar Association’s book entitled, “Sword & Shield: A Practical Approach to Section 1983 Litigation.”
January 31, 2020 Steven Stern will be lecturing on defending First Amendment claims at Defense Resource Institute’s annual Civil Rights and Governmental Tort Liability seminar in San Diego, California.
March 14, 2019 Partners Adam Kleinberg and Steven Stern lectured at the Nassau County Bar Association’s Civil Rights Committee on litigating accessibility cases under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
January 1, 2019 Sokoloff Stern announces the opening of its new offices at 10 Matthews Street in Goshen, New York. This location will allow the firm to better serve its many clients in the Hudson Valley and upstate New York.
December 1, 2018 Brian Sokoloff was featured in an hour-long episode of 48 Hours regarding Henry v. Hess. In this civil case, Mr. Sokoloff defended Police Officer Aaron Hess
November 27, 2018 Adam Kleinberg presented at the inaugural ExecuSummit Wage and Hour Seminar held at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut about settlement of claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
September 6, 2018 Steven Stern presented to a roomful of attorneys and insurers in Plymouth, Michigan on significant recent developments in ADA jurisprudence.
August 2018 Adam Kleinberg began his teaching career at his alma mater, Touro Law School, teaching Education Law for the fall semester. The firm is proud of him, but refuses to call him Professor.
May 16, 2018 Kiera Meehan and Adam Kleinberg presented to insurance professionals for the Housing Authority Risk Retention Group an update on various topics affecting public housing law.
May 10, 2018 Partner Adam Kleinberg’s article, entitled Litigation, Then Regulations: What Procedures Should School Districts Follow When a Student is to Be Interviewed About Possible Abuse or Mistreatment?
May 10, 2018 Adam Kleinberg was re-elected to serve a second term as a Trustee on the Half Hollow Hills Central School District Board of Education. He continues to head the Board’s Policy Committee, which he has led since taking office in July 2015.
March 15, 2018 Steven Stern led a discussion entitled: Say What? Free Speech in the Public Arena at the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s Annual Conference in Houston, Texas.
November 2, 2017 Steven Stern was a guest lecturer at the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s Municipal Law Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on the topic Defending Law Enforcement Claims in a High Tech World.
June 5, 2017 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Town of Chester, holding a litigant seeking to intervene as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24 must show Article III standing if the intervenor wishes to pursue relief not requested by a party.
April 17, 2017 The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear argument in Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. on April 17, 2017. The important procedural issue before the Court is .
July 15, 2016 Brian Sokoloff was a panelist at this summer’s CLM Municipal Law Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on the topic: Law Enforcement Professional Liability.
July 14, 2016 Steven Stern was a panelist at this summer’s CLM Municipal Law Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on the topic: Recent Developments in Qualified Immunity for Law Enforcement Officers.
May 2, 2016 Steven Stern lectured at the annual meeting of the New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials on May 2, 2016. His lecture entitled, What did they say?
March 30, 2016 Sokoloff Stern is proud of its association with Angels for Warriors, a Long Island organization dedicated to providing pro bono legal services for veterans.
October 1, 2015 Kiera J. Meehan, who has been with the firm since 2008, became a partner in the firm. Ms. Meehan is a fierce litigator whose practice focuses on the defense of general liability/tort actions, including premises, motor vehicle, property damage, and reputational torts.
September 16, 2015 Steven Stern was a panelist on recent topics in police liability litigation, lecturing to an audience of attorneys and municipal insurance representatives. Mr. Stern led a discussion on police encounters with emotionally disturbed persons.
July 1, 2015 Sokoloff Stern opened its doors at 43 Hatfield Lane, Suite 3B, Goshen, New York 10924. The new office will allow the firm to better serve its clients in the Hudson Valley and upstate New York.
May 19, 2015 Adam Kleinberg was elected to the Half Hollow Hills Central School District Board of Education. He will serve a three year term as a Board Trustee.
February 21, 2015 Brian Sokoloff, Melissa Holtzer, Susan Odessky, and Anthony Cardoso sat as judges at the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition in the Eastern District of New York. Attorneys from Sokoloff Stern participate annually in this event.
September 17, 2014 Adam Kleinberg lectured to attorneys and insurance claims representatives on recent developments in the defense of snow and ice liability claims.
March 21, 2014 Steven Stern and Melissa Holtzer held a workshop entitled The Alphabet Soup of Employee Leave Benefits for a group of municipal representatives at a New York Conference of Mayors training session.
September 5, 2013 Steven Stern lectured to attorneys and insurance claims representatives on strategies to handle public entity litigation against pro se litigants.
September 5, 2013 Adam Kleinberg lectured to attorneys and insurance claims representatives on recent developments in age discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the federal civil rights laws.
December 5, 2011 Steven Stern was a guest panelist, giving the defense attorney’s perspective on Hot Topics in Employment Discrimination Law at the Annual School Law Conference sponsored jointly by the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations.
November 29, 2011 Brian Sokoloff lectured on the topic of religious land use discrimination claims at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Law & Politics program.
March 16, 2010 Steven Stern lectured on the legal ramifications and political fallout over the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (May 18, 2009) as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s program entitled “The Law and Politics” at Stony Brook University.
November 19, 2009 Steven Stern lectured on the topic of municipal civil rights at Stony Brook University as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s program entitled “Legalese.”
October 11, 2011 Steven Stern lectured on the topic of First Amendment free speech claims in public employment at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Law & Politics program.
April 1, 2009 Brian Sokoloff and Steven Stern lectured on police liability claims to a roomful of Chiefs of Police, municipal insurers, and attorneys at the Town of East Hampton Police Department headquarters.