Attorney Profile

Stephen J. Smirti, Jr.
PartnerStephen J. Smirti, Jr., represents clients in insurance coverage and reinsurance matters and in litigation involving intellectual property rights.
A registered patent attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Steve is a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Coverage and Intellectual Property Practice Groups.
Steve’s insurance coverage and reinsurance practice involves representing clients with respect to patent, trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property violations, as well as liabilities relating to environmental contamination, construction defects, business torts, and asbestos and other long tail claims.
Steve also advises clients on the protection of intellectual property assets and the prosecution of patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Steve received the Stephen P. Ladas Award from the U.S. Trademark Association for excellence in scholarly analysis of the relationship between intellectual property rights and antitrust violations.
In 2019 and 2020, the well-respected Legal 500 recommended Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Coverage practice in the insurance: advice to insurers category. The Insurance Coverage Practice Group since 2016 has been included in the Chambers USA directory in the Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer category.
926 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556-0926
New York
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Court AdmissionsUnited States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and New Jersey
United States Court of Appeals, Second, Seventh, Eleventh and Federal Circuits
United States Supreme Court
EducationSt. John’s University School of Law, Juris Doctor, Law Review
New York University, Baccalaureate in Physics
Practice Groups
News & Publications
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Behold the Prior Art: A (Patentable) Solution to the COVID-19 Pandemic?
March 31 | 2020 -
Cannata, Misiti and Smirti File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court
February 20 | 2020 -
Mission Complete: Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Trademark Licensees
May 20 | 2019 -
Chambers and Partners Recognizes Rivkin Radler
April 25 | 2019 -
Cannata, Misiti and Smirti File another Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court
February 27 | 2019 -
Cannata, Smirti, Misiti and Gordon File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court
December 19 | 2018 -
Rivkin Radler Recognized in Chambers USA 2018
May 4 | 2018 -
Rivkin Radler to Host Intellectual Property Presentation
January 9 | 2018 -
Rivkin Radler Recognized in Chambers USA 2017
May 26 | 2017 -
Smirti, Cannata & Misiti Secure Dismissal of Trade Dress and Trademark Infringement Lawsuit
March 10 | 2017
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