Steven LaRussa is an associate at Holtzman Vogel and focuses his practice on appellate litigation, constitutional law, and complex commercial litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Steven clerked for Judge Lee P. Rudofsky on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He managed a docket spanning criminal matters and civil cases involving, among other issues, contract disputes, constitutional questions, and federal employment claims. During the clerkship, he drafted judicial orders and prepared the court for hearings, status conferences, and trials. Steven also clerked for Justice Nicholas J. Bronni on the Arkansas Supreme Court, where he drafted opinions and memoranda in complex criminal and civil appeals and assisted with oral argument preparation and briefing on motions and petitions for review.

Before his clerkships, Steven served as a Solicitor General Fellow in the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office. He drafted briefs for cases in the Eighth Circuit and the Arkansas Supreme Court and prepared the Arkansas Solicitor General and other advocates for argument through practice moots.

During law school, Steven interned in the homicide section of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and in the felony trial bureau of the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, where he drafted motions and responses and assisted with witness interviews and trial preparation. He also served as a judicial intern to Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Clerkship/Government Experience
  • Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Lee P. Rudofsky, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
  • Judicial Law Clerk, Justice Nicholas J. Bronni, Arkansas Supreme Court. 
  • Solicitor General Fellow for the Office of the Solicitor General, Arkansas Attorney General's Office
  • Legal Intern, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Homicide Section
  • Legal Intern, Queens District Attorney's Office, Felony Trial Bureau III
  • Judicial Intern, Honorable Jeffery S. Sutton, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Related Practice Areas
  • George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, J.D., cum laude
    • Moot Court Board, Upper-Class Competition Finalist and NYC Bar Regional Competition Quarterfinalist
    • National Security Law Journal, Notes Editor
    • Trial Advocacy Board
    • Criminal Law Society, President
  • Hoftstra University, Rabinowitz Honors College, B.A., Public Policy and Public Service, and Minor in Political Science and Psychology
    • Academic Excellence in Public Policy Award
    • High Departmental Honors
  • The Florida Bar
  • State Bar of New York
Steven LaRussa, Holtzman Vogel