Partner Steven Lieberman has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF), an honor limited to just one percent of attorneys licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. The ABF Fellows is an international honorary society comprised of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession and to service within their communities.
Steven Lieberman is a seasoned trial lawyer and counselor whose practice encompasses the full spectrum of intellectual property law, from patent litigation to eCommerce, privacy, and post-grant proceedings. He represents leading media, technology, and life sciences companies, with current and former clients including The New York Times, MediaNews Group, NBCUniversal, HQ Specialty Pharma Corp., Forbes Media, ViacomCBS, Bloomberg, InfoRLife SA, WG Critical Care, Paramount Global, Dow Jones, Warner Bros. Discovery, Fox, and numerous major publishing and broadcasting organizations. In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, Steven counsels companies, with a particular focus on the media industry, on intellectual property and privacy issues arising from AI and machine learning. Between 2023 and 2025, he and his colleagues filed six high-profile copyright lawsuits against OpenAI, Microsoft, and Perplexity AI on behalf of major news organizations across the United States, including The New York Times, the New York Daily News, U.S. News & World Report, and the Chicago Tribune. These cases, pending in the Southern District of New York, address the use of copyrighted content to train generative AI systems. In recognition of his leadership in this space, Steven has been named one of Lawdragon’s 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors.
As stewards of the American Bar Foundation, ABF Fellows support an independent, nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing the understanding of law and improving the administration of justice. The ABF conducts empirical, interdisciplinary research focused on how law is learned and practiced, how rights are protected and accessed, and how laws are developed and implemented. Its work serves the legal profession, scholars, and the public through publications, programs, and broad dissemination of research findings. Fellows are nominated by their peers and selected by the ABF Board.
