Partner, Litigation and Appellate Practice
Wiley Rein LLP
Washington, District of Columbia
Litigation and Appellate Practice at Wiley Rein LLP

Stephen represents corporations, financial institutions, national political organizations, political campaigns, nonprofits, trade associations, and individuals in a wide range of domestic and international disputes involving the most sensitive and high-profile commercial, political, jurisdictional, and criminal issues. He has successfully litigated a variety of highly complex commercial, regulatory, and election law cases in district and appellate courts throughout the country, including cases under the False Claims Act (FCA), the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). He also has experience conducting internal investigations for corporate clients in response to government allegations of misconduct. Stephen is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the civil section in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Wiley Rein LLP
Washington, District of Columbia
Wiley Rein LLP
Washington, District of Columbia
U.S. Attorney’s Office
(appointed)Virginia Eastern
Wiley Rein LLP
Washington | Batimore, District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
(appointed)District of Columbia
Served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson, researching and drafting opinions, orders, and bench memoranda.
May 2025
Successfully represented a lobbying firm in a high-profile, international CFAA and civil RICO case worth millions of dollars in damages. Successfully represented a broadcasting company in a major antitrust suit involving the Federal Communication Commission’s ownership and control regulations. Represent large government contractors in a multimillion-dollar Anti-Terrorism Act litigation. Represent firearms manufacturers and trade associations in bet-the-company APA litigation. Represent national political organizations in election and campaign finance disputes. Represent a nonprofit in a complex campaign finance dispute under FECA. Successfully obtained a preliminary injunction for a Georgia gubernatorial candidate against an unconstitutional state campaign finance law. Successfully defended a multimillion-dollar TCPA case brought against a political candidate and his campaign. Represent a mutual bank in federal court litigation to defend against a hostile takeover attempt. Represent a telecommunications company in a multibillion-dollar FCA litigation. Represent public interest groups and other clients seeking to vindicate important constitutional interests, including First and Second Amendment interests, before federal appellate courts and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Benchmark Litigation guide
May 2025
Included in Benchmark Litigation guide as a "Litigation Star" (2024-2025)
Chambers USA
January 2024
Listed by Chambers USA as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” in Litigation: General Commercial (2022-2024) and Political Law (2022-2024)
The Legal 500 US
January 2024
Recognized by The Legal 500 US as a "Recommended Lawyer" in Appellate: Court of Appeal (2020-2024)
Washingtonian magazine
January 2024
Named one of “Washington’s Top Lawyers” by Washingtonian magazine (2024)
Law360
March 2025
LinkWiley.law
February 2025
On Friday, February 7, President Trump issued a first-of-its-kind Executive Order prioritizing the Second Amendment as “an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty.” The order is the first step in what could be a broad reversal of the Biden Administration’s firearms policies.
Wiley.law
February 2025
On February 5, newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of guidance documents refocusing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) priorities for the new Administration.
Wiley.law
October 2024
On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court sent shockwaves across the administrative law landscape when it handed down Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, overruling the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine and its two-step framework that required courts to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes.
Wiley.law
August 2024
In a case argued by Wiley attorneys on behalf of the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition (FRAC), SB Tactical, B&T USA, and Richard Cicero, the Eighth Circuit issued a 2-1 opinion in FRAC v. Garland finding that the coalition plaintiffs were “likely to succeed on the merits” of their Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenge to a rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
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March 2022
Link2022 Wiley National Security Series — Webinar
March 2022
LinkWiley.law — Webinar
December 2020
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April 2020
LinkThe Federalist Society — Washington, DC
September 2017