Steven C. Bennett (Steve)
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.212.326.3795
(F) +1.212.755.7306

Education

  • New York University (J.D. cum laude 1984; Senior Book Review Editor, Law Review); Macalester College (B.A. summa cum laude 1979; Phi Beta Kappa)

Bar Admissions

  • New York; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York; and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Sixth, and D.C. Circuits

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to Hon. Carl McGowan, senior circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1985-1986)

Government Service

  • Chief, Tax and Bankruptcy Unit, Civil Division (1992-1994) and Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil Division (1988-1992), Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

Steve Bennett's practice at Jones Day focuses on domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy, construction, corporate, energy, insurance, intellectual property, privacy and data security, and other disputes.

Steve is chair of the Firm's e-Discovery Committee and an active member of the Firm's construction practice team. He co-founded the Sedona Conference Working Group on International E-Discovery. He co-teaches a course on advanced civil procedure (e-discovery) at Rutgers Law School and similar courses at New York Law School and Fordham. He is a qualified arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the CPR Institute. Steve serves as 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 settled case of United States v. District Council of Carpenters (S.D.N.Y.). He taught arbitration law at Brooklyn 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.

Steve writes a continuing column, "Arbitration," with Professor Samuel Estreicher, which has appeared in the New York Law Journal since 2004, and his column, "Computer Law," has appeared in the New York State Bar Association Journal since 2009. He blogs occasionally in the "Thinkernet" series at InternetEvolution.com and at NLJ.com.


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