Steven Lewis 
Practice Group Leader, Sydney
Commercial Litigation
Whether representing individuals, companies or industry groups, what matters most to Steven Lewis remains unchanged, namely “fighting for my clients to get a just result”.
Steven’s practice in commercial litigation sees him typically involved in complex multi-party litigation representing those with few resources against those with many. It’s exactly that ethos, he says, which first brought him to Slater & Gordon and “the fact that the firm was not afraid to take on important issues and fight for those who would not otherwise be able to take on powerful opponents”.
A strategic thinker, who is dedicated, and thorough, Steven heads up Slater & Gordon’s commercial litigation team which runs many of the significant class action cases in Australia including, currently, against financial planners arising from the Westpoint collapse and Qantas and other airlines over fuel surcharges.
Steven joined Slater & Gordon in 2006.
Expertise
- Class Actions
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Aviation & Travel Law
- Insolvency
- Trade Practices
- Property & Lease Disputes
- Defamation
- Land & Environment
- Advocacy
Career history
- Slater & Gordon, since 2006, Practice Group Leader
- 1994-2006 Denes Ebner (partner from 1995)
Memberships & associations
- Member, Election Funding Authority of New South Wales
- Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
- Law Society of New South Wales
Professional qualifications & admissions
- 1992 Admitted, High Court of Australia,1992 Admitted, Federal Court of Australia
- 1991 Admitted, Supreme Court of New South Wales
- 1988 Bachelor of Laws,University of Technology, Sydney
- 1984 Diploma In Urban Studies, Macquarie University
- 1980 Bachelor of Arts, Macquarie University