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Steve Coopersmith is the founder of The Coopersmith Law Firm in San Diego, California. The Firm represents clients throughout Southern California in a wide range of business and commercial litigation matters, including those stemming from corporate and partnership dissolutions, securities and financial fraud violations, bet-the-company litigation, executive-level business employment disputes, and fine art law disputes. Mr. Coopersmith also handles select planning and public development disputes.

After receiving a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Coopersmith earned his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. During law school, he served as a note editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and was a judicial extern for the presiding justice of the 1st District Court of Appeal. After graduation from law school, Mr. Coopersmith served as a U.S. Army JAG Officer, providing legal advice to Brigade (O-6) level commanding officers and trying felony criminal cases at courts-martial. Before starting his own firm nearly 15 years ago, Mr. Coopersmith gained valuable experience in high-stakes business and corporate litigation with several well-known San Diego law firms.

Mr. Coopersmith is licensed to practice law in California and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. He is also licensed to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the Supreme Court of the United States.

In recognition of his professional skills and ethical standards, Martindale-Hubbell has awarded Mr. Coopersmith its AV-Preeminent rating, and his firm is listed in the Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers for all years since 2014. He has been named as a Top Attorney by The Daily Transcript for multiple years, and as one of the Top 100 Leaders in Law by the San Diego Business Journal for multiple years.

Mr. Coopersmith was selected as one of 50 Top Influential Business Leaders in San Diego by The Daily Transcript in both 2017 and 2018. He has been on the list of San Diego Super Lawyers for each year since 2014.

In his spare time, Mr. Coopersmith enjoys playing jazz piano, and he is an avid year-round, no-wetsuit, long distance ocean swimmer. He is an active member of the San Diego community, has served on the Board of Trustees of the San Diego Museum of Art, and is a member of San Diego Rotary, Club 33.

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