203.351.4206 Office(s) Stamford Practice Areas(s) Asbestos Defense Litigation Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Business and Commercial Litigation Litigation Group Product Liability Litigation Real Property Litigation Toxic Tort and Product Liability Litigation Education Columbia University, J.D., 1989 Yeshiva University, B.A., cum laude, 1986

Steven I. Frenkel joined Cummings & Lockwood’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group in the Stamford office in 1989 and became a principal in 1998.

Steven focuses his commercial litigation practice in the areas of complex litigation, creditors rights, foreclosures and asbestos/silica defense litigation and represents business and financial institutions, insurance entities and companies.  Steven also serves as national coordinating counsel for a refiner/chemical company managing their asbestos and silicosis docket.  In this role, he coordinates all discovery nationwide, develops overall litigation and settlement strategy, attends major mediations and coordinates the activities of various local counsel who represent the client across the United States.  Additionally, Steven serves as client representative for numerous joint defense groups and has been selected as chairman of several of those groups.  Steven’s toxic tort practice also includes the regional defense of a number of companies.

Steven also represents major financial institutions, companies and individuals in both state and federal courts, arbitrations and mediations.

Steven is a former board member of the Stamford/Norwalk Regional Bar Association and is a member of The Connecticut Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Raymond E. Baldwin American Inns of Court.

Steven holds an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest level of professional excellence.