Stefan Brant Kalina

Stefan B. Kalina is an experienced litigation and real estate attorney whose practice focuses on complex commercial and insurance disputes, real estate litigation, and transactions. He represents businesses and individuals in trial and appellate courts across multiple jurisdictions and has extensive experience in commercial contracts, corporate disputes, commercial leases, mortgages, lending arrangements, landlord-tenant matters, creditors' rights, and judgment enforcement. His practice also includes insurance coverage and recovery claims, technology-related disputes, intellectual property licensing, and data privacy matters. In addition to litigation, Mr. Kalina has experience in arbitration, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution and serves on the Board of Editors of the New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer.

Before joining Cox Padmore Skolnik & Shakarchy LLP, Mr. Kalina practiced with prominent metropolitan law firms and served as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County, Brooklyn. His background also includes internships with federal and state judges, government agencies, and elected officials. A former prosecutor and current adjunct professor of criminal justice, he brings valuable litigation and courtroom experience to his practice. Mr. Kalina is also committed to pro bono service and was recognized by Touro Law Center in 2003 as one of its Outstanding Long Island Pro Bono Attorneys for his work assisting individuals with landlord-tenant disputes.