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I have been a litigator for thirty years. I started my legal career as an attorney in the US Navy JAG Corps, where I acted as a trial attorney, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, and as counsel to Rear Admiral F.M. Dirren. I tried over seventy cases to verdict while in the Navy. Upon leaving the Navy in 1995, I joined Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C. I was made a partner at the firm in 1997.

I handle a wide range of litigation matters (personal injury, employment law, construction accidents, professional malpractice, motor vehicle claims, commercial litigation, contracts, etc.). I am AV rated by Martindale and Hubble, which is its highest possible rating. I have been included in the Best Lawyers in America since 2007 for my work in personal injury litigation, products liability and employment law. Likewise, and because I practice all over NYS, I have been included among the Best Lawyers in New York City, Central New York and Western New York. For the past several years, I have been included as one of the top 50 attorneys in Upstate New York by SuperLawyers.com.

I have had the pleasure of appearing before most of the appellate courts in NYS. I had the honor of making what was viewed as "new law" by the NY Law Journal when I represented a large retailer before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. I have earned several multi-million dollar verdicts. Among those was the largest defamation verdict in our nation's history ($188 million), stemming from a case I tried in Brooklyn, NY. More recently, I had great success recovering money for union pension funds relative to their losses stemming from the Madoff Ponzi scheme. In February of 2014, I represented an oil import company on a contract claim in a three-week trial in Houston, Texas, and I earned a judgment of $1.4 billion.

I have appeared on the O'Reilly Factor and several local television programs to discuss various legal issues.

I take great pride in my work, and I enjoy it.

Steven W. Williams

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