Steven Cramer

Steven Cramer is a partner at Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP. He focuses in the areas of commercial, construction and real estate litigation and arbitration, as well as counseling clients in contract negotiation and other transactions. Mr. Cramer’s clients include owners, contractors, private equity funds, design professionals, sureties, cooperatives and condominiums, and other businesses as well as individuals. Mr. Cramer was recognized as a "Super Lawyer" in the field of Construction Litigation in 2010.

Prior to Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP, Mr. Cramer served as a partner at Bauman Katz & Grill LLP, and an associate at Ross & Cohen and Zetlin and DeChiara, where he worked in commercial litigation and arbitration, and contract negotiation.

Mr. Cramer earned his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a Carswell Scholar. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. He also attended the University of Maryland’s Graduate School of Architecture for two and a half years. Mr. Cramer is a member of the Bar of the State of New York, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (where he served on the Construction Law Committee), the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the State of New York, where he is a member of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Committee. Mr. Cramer is on the Board of Lydia Johnson Dance.

Mr. Cramer’s reported cases include Betal Environmental Corp. v. Local Union Number 78, 160 F. Supp. 246 (S.D.N.Y. 2001).

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Construction Law

Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Securities Law

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Employment Law

Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

International Law

Human Rights, Imports & Exports

• General Civil

• Zoom

New York

Since 1994

2nd Circuit

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Partner

Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP

2011 - Current

Partner

Bauman Katz & Grill LLP

2000 - 2011

Attorney

Zetlin & De Chiara LLP

1998 - 2000

Attorney

Ross & Cohen LLP

1993 - 1998

Brooklyn Law School

J.D.

1993

Honors: Carswell Scholar

St. Johns College (MD)

B.A. | Liberal Arts/Math

1982

University of Maryland - College Park

Architecture

1984

Super Lawyer - Construction Litigation

Super Lawyers

2010

New York State Bar  # 2602100

Member

Current

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Association of the Bar of the State of New York

Member

Current

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Member

Current