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| STEPHEN
B. WEXLER
PARTNER
Steve
is a founding member of Burkhart Wexler & Hirschberg, LLP
and is the head of the firm’s litigation and securities
practices. He graduated from Cornell University in 1961 with a
B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations ranking in the top 5% of
his class. He received his J.D. from New York University School
of Law in 1964, ranking in the top 15% of his class, and was an
Editor of the Annual Survey of American Law. Steve received an
LL.M. in Trial Practice from Brooklyn Law School in 1966. He is
a member of the bar of the State of New York, and is admitted
to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern,
Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York, as well as
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
After graduation from law school, Steve was the Law Clerk for
Chief Judge Joseph C. Zavatt of the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of New York during 1964-65, and then went into
private practice, ultimately establishing Wexler & Burkhart,
P.C. with Errol Burkhart.
Steve is a member of the panel of arbitrators for the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the New York Stock Exchange
and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Steve is also a member of the Mediation Panel of the Eastern District
of New York. He was formerly the Chairperson of the Securities
Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association and is a member
of the Compliance and Legal Division of the Securities Industry
Association and the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association.
Steve served as President of the Jewish Congregation of Brookville,
and previously served as a member of the Boards of Trustees of
the North Country Reform Temple in Glen Cove, NY, and of Temple
Beth Israel in Port Washington, NY.
Steve has co-authored articles with Norman B. Arnoff published
in the New York Law Journal and The Securities Arbitrator Commentator
on securities law and professional liability.
Practice Areas:
• Securities Law
• Litigation
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