Steven Adler

With over four decades of experience handling complex commercial, employment, and healthcare litigation and a track record of representing high-profile clients, Steven Adler brings strategic insight and zealous advocacy to every matter he handles.

Steven Adler is a Partner at the Firm and was a long-time member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Employment and Healthcare Litigation Practice Groups and Former Co-Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group, the largest Group in the Firm.

During his 40+ years of practice, Steve has handled cases with national significance. He regularly appears in state and federal courts throughout New Jersey and New York. He is known for his pragmatic approach to litigation while handling the most complex commercial, employment and healthcare disputes including class and collective actions. Some representative clients have included such well-respected companies as Aon, Volkswagen, Woodmont Properties, Audi, Valley National Bank, Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motorcars, Asta Funding, Goya Foods and Flight Safety International (a Berkshire Hathaway company).

Steve has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in all types of employment-related matters, including age, race, sex and disability discrimination and harassment lawsuits, whistleblower litigation, equal pay claims, wage and hour class actions, trade secrets and ERISA withdrawal liability cases. He often appears in the Chancery Division throughout New Jersey in restrictive covenant litigation. During the past 30 years, Steve primarily has represented and provided guidance to management on all types of personnel issues.

Steve also spends a significant portion of his time handling healthcare litigation, including minority oppression cases, non-competes involving doctors, disputes involving ambulatory surgical centers and imaging centers, and fraudulent billing allegations.

Steve has served as a mediator in many cases, including for the Civil Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County. He also frequently lectures and writes extensively on employment law topics. He also has taught various law courses as an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. From 1999 to 2001, Steve served as Acting General Counsel for Rolls-Royce & Bentley Motor Cars Inc. while remaining a partner at another prestigious law firm.

Steve is a frequent contributor to Mandelbaum Barrett PC’s Employment Law Blog. Click Here to View.

For more than 20 years, Steve has been selected a New Jersey Super Lawyer in Employment Litigation and repeatedly has been named to the Best Lawyer in America® list*. He has also been awarded the highest AV rating for his professionalism and the quality of his legal work from Martindale-Hubbell, the directory of legal professionals. In 2025, Steve was recognized as a NJBIZ Icon Award Honoree and was included on NJBIZ’s Attorney Power List.

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