Steven Kazan

Steven Kazan has played a significant role in asbestos litigation for over five decades. He filed his first case on behalf of an asbestos victim in 1974 and since then has represented thousands of injured workers and their family members in court cases. He has dedicated the majority of his practice to representing workers suffering from mesothelioma in third-party asbestos lawsuits (against manufacturers, contractors, distributors, and premises owners). Steven was nominated by U.S. Trustees and appointed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts to serve as a member or as counsel to victim members on almost all asbestos bankruptcy reorganizations; and in almost all cases where the bankruptcy reorganization is approved, Steven has been approved by the federal court to serve as a member of the Trustees’ Advisory Committee to work with the trust funds on behalf of asbestos victims. For over fifty years, Steven has been a lecturer, speaker, moderator, program chairman and participant at various legal, medical, and insurance seminars and conferences throughout the world focusing on asbestos, toxic torts, and mass torts. He has lobbied and testified in Congress on behalf of asbestos victims and before the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on asbestos litigation and legislation and is the only attorney to have published medical-legal articles and presented his work at the International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig), an international group of thoracic surgeons, cancer nurses, and mesothelioma researchers.

California

Since 1970

New York

Since 1967

Founding and Senior Partner

Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood APLC

1974 - Current

Since filing my first case on behalf of an asbestos victim in 1974, I have built a nationwide practice and reputation in asbestos litigation. Kazan Law has represented hundreds of people with cancer, especially people suffering from mesothelioma, across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. The Firm is consulted by and gives advice to over a thousand potential clients each year. We have filed over two thousand cases over the years.

Associate Attorney, Plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Litigation

Werchick & Werchick

1971 - 1974

Prepared and tried medical malpractice cases.

Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Litigation Division

U. S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California

1969 - 1971

Prepared and tried cases on behalf of the United States government, the Department of Justice, and many other government agencies.

Assistant to the General Counsel, Appellate Litigation Division

Interstate Commerce Commission

1967 - 1969

Briefed and argued more than 30 cases in special federal district courts all over the country. Briefed and won 4 cases in the United States Supreme Court.

Harvard Law School

LL.B. (1966)

Brandeis University

(1963)

1963

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice

Current

AFL-CIO

Lawyers’ Coordinating Committee

Current

New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Current

American Association of Justice

Current

Great Britain’s Association of Personal Injury Lawyers

Current