About Steven Orlow
Steven Orlow founded The Orlow Firm in 1981 with a focus on fighting for injured New Yorkers. Over four decades of practice, he has recovered millions for clients hurt in construction accidents, car accidents, slip and falls, lead poisoning cases, and police misconduct. Before starting the firm, Steven served as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County and as Counsel to the Queens County Executive. In 1980 he was elected to the New York City Council as a Member-At-Large representing Queens County's nearly two million residents, then left the council to concentrate full-time on personal injury litigation.
Steven earned a B.A. from Queens College, City University of New York (1965) and a J.D. from Cornell Law School (1968), and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1969. He rose through the leadership of the Queens County Bar Association, serving as Treasurer, Vice President, and President-Elect before being elected President in 2008. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Brandeis Association of Queens County, the New York State Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Steven is married to Susan since 1970; two of their three children, Brian and Adam, are his partners in the firm.
Proven verdicts and settlements at The Orlow Firm
These results are credited to The Orlow Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A foster care agency placed a one-year-old child in a Brooklyn home with documented lead paint, left him there through a full home renovation while his blood lead level climbed to nearly eleven times the CDC danger threshold, and a $5 million settlement followed.
A Bronx boy suffered severe, lasting cognitive damage from lead poisoning after his landlord repeatedly sent an uncertified maintenance worker to cover chipping lead paint; the firm exposed the paperwork fraud and recovered $3.75 million.
A 42-year-old union painting foreman fell roughly 12 feet after being directed to climb the top half of a broken extension ladder at a 56-story Manhattan construction site, suffering spinal fractures and ultimately two surgeries.
A Manhattan building porter fell 14 feet through an unguarded third-floor hole after a general contractor's superintendent removed the only cover and left without any warning, resulting in three spinal surgeries and a $2.75 million settlement.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
