Steven Saal
Partner
Steven is a Partner in the Firm’s Insurance Defense Practice, representing clients in the full spectrum of transportation litigation including automobile and trucking matters. Experienced in handling high-exposure litigation involving multi-million-dollar claims, his clients include large motor coach, municipal transportation, school transportation and commercial trucking companies throughout the state of New York.
Steven also handles premises liability cases for facility companies performing maintenance and operations activities at major local airports. He works closely with facility managers and terminal employees to analyze and defend slip-and-fall claims and other incidents. He additionally represents sports and recreational facilities, often working with engineers and experts in the field to assess responsibility for on-site injuries. He works with clients to ensure proper safety procedures and protocols are in place.
Before joining the firm in 2025, Steven spent almost nine years at a large insurance defense firm providing similar representation and further has background in representing individuals in New York State and New York City Administrative matters, New York Criminal matters, New Jersey Municipal Court matters, and New York State Article 78 proceedings all generally related to motor vehicle operation and related issues.
Published Works
“To Proximately Cause or Not Proximately Cause?”, Defense Digest, Vol. 29, No. 3, September 2023
"New York State Finalizes Changes to Insurance Disclosure Law," New York Law Journal, May 20, 2022
Classes/Seminars Taught
Defending Reptile Theory Claims, 2022 Summer Bus Industry Safety Council (BISC) Meeting, Baltimore, MD, July 2022
Trucking & Transportation Liability
Automobile Liability
Insurance Services – Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
New York, 2011
St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 2010)
University Buffalo, SUNY (B.A., cum laude , 2007)
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch©, Insurance Law
2022