Stephen M. Pincus is an attorney specializing in employment, employee benefits, class actions, civil rights, personal injury, and commercial litigation cases.

Stephen is an honors graduate from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (B.A., 1989).  He received his law degree (with honors) in 1993 from the University of Maryland School of Law.  During law school, he was recognized for his work in the school’s nationally-ranked clinical law program and clerked at the Legal Aid Bureau and the Maryland Disability Law Center.

Following graduation from law school, Stephen was selected by Yale Law School to be a Robert M. Cover Fellow in Public Interest Law.  As a Cover Fellow, Stephen co-directed a legal clinic at Yale that served the needs of persons with HIV/AIDS.  Stephen also taught classes on housing and AIDS law, published a law review article and helped organize three public interest law conferences at Yale University, including an international conference in conjunction with the Special Olympics World Games.

After the two-year fellowship, Mr. Pincus served as the first law clerk to the Honorable Janet Bond Arterton of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. 

Following the clerkship, Stephen worked as an attorney with the law firm of Rosen & Dolan in New Haven, Connecticut, where he specialized in representing individuals in employment, civil rights, and personal injury cases.  Among his more notable cases was a civil rights case against the State of Connecticut in which the jury awarded a record $1 million for the loss of life for a person with mental retardation.  Stephen also brought numerous cases against municipalities for discriminatory hiring and violations of due process and civil rights laws.  Stephen also drafted briefs and argued appeals before the  Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Stephen then represented management in employment law matters both in private practice and as counsel for SBC Communications.   In addition to litigating employment discrimination cases, he drafted employment manuals, prepared affirmative action plans, conducted wage and hour audits, and provided advice on issues involving the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act.

Since joining Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC, Stephen has concentrated his work in representing individuals in employment law actions and retirees in a series of nationwide class actions law suits involving cuts to health benefits.  He has been interviewed about his cases by the Reader’s Digest, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, City Paper, and American Medical News, as well as Pittsburgh’s radio and television stations.

Stephen is a member of the bars of Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Maryland.  He has written articles in legal publications including Trial, Stetson Law Review, Clinical Law Review, Pennsylvania Municipalities, and the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Legal Journal.  

Stephen has performed pro bono work for the Neighborhood Legal Services and the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force.  He is a past president of Congregation Beth El Keser Israel in New Haven.  In 2005, he was named by Pittsburgh Magazine and the Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP) as one of Pittsburgh’s “40 under 40” who are making a positive contribution to the region.  In 2006, he was named by the Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s legal newspaper, as one of Pennsylvania’s “Lawyers on a Fast Track.” 

Stephen lives in Squirrel Hill with his wife and three children.