Focus Areas
Examples of Steven’s experience include:
- First chair negotiator for first collective bargaining agreements and successor collective bargaining agreements for clients in the healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, and retail industries.
- Successfully representing clients in dozens of labor arbitrations across various arbitration forums.
- Obtaining numerous no probable cause determinations for multiple clients before the EEOC, NYSDHR, NLRB, and other administrative agencies.
- Leading labor and employment due diligence as part of asset purchase and stock transactions.
- “New York State of Mind: Workers’ Compensation Law Expanded to Include Mental Health Injuries,” Total Food Service, 2025
- “What Makes Unionization in Financial Services Unique,” Law360, 2024
- “Crashing the Party: OSHA’s Final Walkaround Rule: Unprecedented Access to Private Worksites,” Total Food Service, 2024
- “The new regulatory frontier: Using AI tools is about to become more difficult,” Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award, 2023
- “A Seat at the Table: Unionization Upswing in Food Service and the Need for Training,” Total Food Service, 2023
- “Unique Employment Law Challenges For the Expanding Remote Workforce,” Credit Research Foundation
- “The Top 10 Leave & Accommodation Issues Organizations Face (And How to Handle Them),” In-House Connect, 2026
- “Navigating Employment Law for In-House Counsel: A Mid-Year Review of Changes Under the New Administration, ” In-House Connect, 2025
- “Top 10 Wage & Hour Mistakes for Employers,” In-House Connect, 2024
- “Labor and Employment Trends and Updates for In-House Counsel: Recapping 2023 and Previewing 2024,” In-House Connect, 2024
- “Employment Law and Legal Update,” American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, 2022
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2012, cum laude,
Seton Hall Legislative Journal, editor-in-chief
- York College of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2009, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Thompson Hine Bolsters National Reach with New York Labor & Employment Partner Steven Nevolis,
Thompson Hine LLP
, June 15, 2026

