Joseph Steinfield
I practice in both Massachusetts and New HampshireI am a trial lawyer with extensive experience representing clients in civil cases in both state and federal courts in many jurisdictions. I have specialized in First Amendment matters over the years but consider myself a trial lawyer with experience litigating a large variety of matters. I frequently serve as a mediator and as an arbitrator and have been a member of the Commercial Arbitration panel of the American Arbitration Association for more than 30 years. I have testified as an expert witness in cases involving alleged legal malpractice and reasonableness of attorneys' fees. I now divide my time between Boston and Keene NH. I became a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1984 and have held several leadership positions in that organization. I have chaired many bar committees including the Massachusetts Clients Security Board and the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct. I am an adjunct professor at two law schools, Boston College and University of New Hampshire, where I teach a seminar called "Defamation Law and Litigation." I have taught abroad, twice in Russia, once in Slovenia, and once in Iceland. I also write. My book "Claremont Boy: My New Hampshire Roots and the Gift of Memory," was published in 2014. I am a monthly columnist for two New Hampshire newspapers, the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript (Peterborough) and the Keene Sentinel. I have served on numerous government and non-profit boards. Following law school I served as law clerk to Justice Paul C. Reardon, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. I then joined Hill & Barlow in Boston and became a partner in 1971. The firm dissolved in 2003, and I then joined Prince Lobel in January 2003 as a partner. For additional information and links to my published articles go to www.joesteinfield.com
- Harvard Law School
- LL.B.
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- Brown University
- B.A. (1961) | English Literature
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa
- Activities: Station Manager, WBRU Chief Justice, Student Court
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- Member, Commercial Arbitration Panel
- American Arbitration Association
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- AAA arbitrator for last 30 years (approximately)
- Claremont Boy: My New Hampshire Roots and the Gift of Memory
- Bauhan Publishing
- Blasphemy in the Modern World, Newport RI
- Redwood Library & Athenaeum
- Blasphemy in Modern Times, Rindge NH
- Franklin Pierce University,
- Blasphemy in Modern Times, Peterborough NH
- Monadnock Center for History and Culture
- Religion & Satire, Is Anything Sacred?,, Boston MA
- Suffolk University Law School
- Defamation of Religion – Muslims, Jews, and the First Amendment, Nathan E. Cohen Memorial Lecture Series, Keene NH
- Congregation Ahavas Achim
- 30 hour mediation training program
- Community Dispute Settlement Center, Cambridge MA
- "Bet-the-Company" litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - First Amendment
- Best Lawyers in America
- 25+ years
- AV - Preeminent
- Martindale-Hubbell
- "100 Best Super-Lawyers in Massachusetts"
- Super-Lawyers
- listed for many years
- First Amendment Litigation
- Chambers USA
- listed for many years
- New Hampshire Bar Association
- Member, Board of Governors, 2018-
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- American Law Institute
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- American College of Trial Lawyers
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- Activities: Massachusetts State Chair, Chair/member of several committees
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- American Bar Association
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- Boston Bar Association
- Former member of Council
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- Massachusetts
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- New Hampshire
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
I customarily charge by the hour. Alternative arrangements are also possible. Rates available upon request.
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Media Law
- Complex business litigation
- English