Stephen C. Lewis

Steve Lewis is a founding partner of Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP, and was formerly a senior litigation partner in Landels Ripley & Diamond, LLP's Environmental Law Department. Although he has been a litigator for 30 years, for the past 20 Steve has specialized in the defense of complex personal injury, property damage and products liability claims. He has represented manufacturers of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and machinery in hundreds of state and federal court actions and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Steve's litigation and trial practice has been built on a commitment to excellence and client service, attention to detail, and the ability to apply sound common sense toward resolving complex lawsuits efficiently and cost effectively. Steve's clients find him particularly easy to work with and unusually responsive and accessible.

Steve has been honored as a "Super Lawyer" by San Francisco magazine in an annual survey of Northern California lawyers in 2004, 2005 and 2006. He has also been named one of the Bay Area's top environmental lawyers by Bay Area Lawyer magazine, in addition to being listed in the International Bar Association’s Who’s Who Legal.

Steve's professional expertise includes:

Defense of individual and mass tort personal injury claims filed in the United States and overseas arising out of alleged exposure to agricultural and industrial chemicals in the workplace, air and/or groundwater
Defense of complex property damage claims asserted by individual property owners, municipalities and purported state-wide plaintiff classes arising out of alleged soil and groundwater contamination by agricultural and industrial chemicals
Defense of products liability lawsuits brought against manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and machinery
Defense of companies in CERCLA litigation and litigation regarding compliance with a variety of state and federal environmental regulations

Education

University of Colorado School of Law, J.D. 1975
- Winner, Rothgerber Moot Court Competition
- Winner, William O. DeSouchet Award, in recognition of the team giving the best performance in practice court
- Legal Aid and Defense Program
Wesleyan University, Connecticut, B.A., Sociology, cum laude, 1972