Steven practices as a transactional real estate lawyer, with much of his practice devoted to the purchase, sale, leasing and financing of all types of commercial properties, along with related environmental and land use matters.  Steven also assists high net worth clients with residential real estate matters.  Steven's clients including a leading Northeast shopping center and office building owner, an international retailer and a number of prominent real estate entrepreneurs and developers in Connecticut.

Steven attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where he received his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in 1978, and was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa.  Steven received his J.D. degree from Columbia University in 1982, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.  Following graduation from law school, Steven was admitted to the New York Bar and worked as a real estate associate at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan (1982-1983).  Steven was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1984 and worked as a real estate associate at Day, Berry & Howard (1984-1985).  Steven joined Levett Rockwood P.C. in Westport, Connecticut in 1985, where he became a shareholder and continued to work until 2002, when he became a Member of Berkowitz, Trager & Trager.

Steven has been selected for the Best Lawyers® publication in the area of Real Estate Law since 2006, and has also been included in the Connecticut Super Lawyers® list in the area of Real Estate for 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Education

• Columbia University, J.D., 1982
• Wesleyan University, B.A., 1978

Admissions

• State of Connecticut
• State of New York

Representative Transactions

• Developer's counsel for the acquisition of an assemblage of 23 commercial and residential parcels for a major residential and retail re-development project in downtown Norwalk, CT
• Seller's counsel in the $123,000,000 sale of an eight office building portfolio and seventy slip marina in Stamford, CT
• Purchaser's counsel in the $40,000,000 acquisition of a 261 unit apartment complex in Stamford, CT
• Landlord's counsel in the leasing of over 200,000 square feet of office space in a two building office complex in White Plains, NY
• Tenant's counsel in the leasing of retail outlet and mall locations throughout the United States and overseas
• Developer's counsel for the ground leasing, financing and construction of a new Whole Foods store  in Darien, CT
• Borrower's counsel for construction, working capital and debt refinance loans for a prominent Fairfield County country club
• Fee owner's counsel for the $10,000,000 refinancing of the fee interest in a Madison Avenue (Manhattan) ground leased office building property