Mr. Sternhell’s practice focuses principally on litigating complex criminal and civil cases, representing clients in SEC enforcement actions and other administrative agency proceedings and conducting corporate internal investigations.  He has broad experience in the defense of individuals and entities charged with securities fraud, insider trading, accounting fraud and RICO violations.

Mr. Sternhell’s extensive pro bono practice includes such diverse civil practice areas as asylum law, government benefits and constitutional law.  He is also an alumnus of the firm’s Attorney Service Program with South Brooklyn Legal Services, during which he litigated over 50 housing court cases on behalf of low-income tenants facing eviction.

Mr. Sternhell is currently serving as co-coordinator of Kramer Levin's pro bono asylum program.

J.D., New York University School of Law, 2002

• Staff Editor, Review of Law and Social Change
• Capital Defender Clinic - New York

B.A., with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Wesleyan University, 1998

New York, 2003
District of Columbia, 2004

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2006
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2003
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2003

American Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on International Human Rights, 2006-