Steven Y. Yurowitz specializes in white-collar criminal defense, securities regulation and criminal appeals. Comfortable both as a trial lawyer and an appellate lawyer, Mr. Yurowitz’s penetrating cross-examinations have been praised both by judges and lawyers alike and he has briefed and argued dozens of federal criminal appeals in appellate courts around the country including in the United States Supreme Court.
Steven is a contributing author to “New York Criminal Law,” the leading treatise on substantive New York State criminal law, has authored articles for professional journals, and has lectured at law schools and before industry groups on criminal law topics.
For the past 15 years, Steven is a member of the CJA Panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He graduated from the Talmudic Research Center of Passaic Park, New Jersey (1991), and from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D. 1996). He is a member of the New York Council for Criminal Defense Lawyers and since 2012 he has been selected every year for inclusion in the New York Metro Super Lawyers list.
Admitted:
1997, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits
Biography: Licensed Series 7 & 63 Securities Broker, USA, 1993. Contributing Editor and Author: “New York Criminal Law,” West Publishing Co., 2007; Yurowitz (with Richard A. Greenberg), “New York’s Anti-Terrorism Statute,” New York Law Journal, May 13, 2002; Yurowitz (with Richard A. Greenberg), “Empire State Strikes Back; New York’s New Money Laundering Statute,” New York Law Journal, Nov. 20, 2000.
Cases: ​​
McIntosh v. United States, 601 U.S. ___ (2024); McIntosh v. United States, 143 S.Ct. 399 (2022); Black v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2963 (2010); United States v. McIntosh, 58 F.4th 606 (2d Cir. 2023); United States v. McIntosh, 2023 WL 38295 (2d Cir. 2023); United States v. Chappelle, 41 F.4th 102 (2d Cir. 2022); United States v. Gershman, 31 F.4th 80 (2d Cir. 2022); United States v. Garner, 822 Fed.Appx. 34 (2d Cir. 2020); United States v. Edwards, 834 F.3d 180 (2d Cir. 2016); United States v. Stevens, 657 Fed.Appx. 69 (2d Cir. 2016); United States v. Cobb, 2016 WL 1579030 (2d Cir. 2016), United States v. Banks, 776 F.3d 87 (2d Cir. 2015), United States v. Komasa, 767 F.3d 151 and 577 Fed.Appx. 43 (2d Cir 2014), United States v. Whitmore, 573 Fed.Appx. 24 (2d Cir. 2014); United States v. Moreno-Montenegro, 553 Fed.Appx. 29 (2d Cir. 2014); United States v. Tarbell, 728 F.3d 122 (2d Cir. 2013); United States v. Rodriguez, 725 F.3d 721 (2d Cir. 2013); United States v. Gist, 488 F. Appx. 536 (2d Cir. 2012); United States v. Merisier, 464 Fed. Appx. 27 (2d Cir. 2012); United States v. Ivezaj, 568 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2009); United States v. Marcucilli, 287 Fed Appx. 126 (2d Cir. 2008); United States v. Milstein, 401 F.3d 53 (2d Cir 2005); United States v. Klein, 476 F.3d 111 (2d Cir 2007); SEC v. Seibald, 1997 WL 605114 (SDNY 1997); Rudman v. Deane, 138 A.D.3d 537 (1st Dep’t 2016); Absalom Absalom Trust v. Saint Gervais LLC, 2019 WL 2655787 (Del. Ch. 2019).​
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Practice Areas
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White-Collar Criminal Defense
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Appellate Practice
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Criminal Law
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SEC-Enforcement Defense
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Complex Commercial Litigation