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Stephen D. Rosemarino

PartnerAlbany

Steve is a partner in our Construction & Public Contracts Practice Group, specializing in construction law, contract law, and complex business litigation.

Steve approaches each client relationship as a true business partner, embedding himself in their operations to deliver practical, strategic advice. His counsel is grounded in both sound business judgment and legal rigor, helping clients proactively navigate complex issues. He advises clients throughout their operations and projects, drafts and reviews contracts and other legal documents, and prosecutes and defends claims when disputes arise.

Steve brings extensive litigation, arbitration, and mediation experience in matters such as complex contract disputes, public bidding disputes, contractor responsibility hearings and appeals, payment issues, additional work claims, delay claims, design and engineering errors and omissions, construction defects, defaults, bond claims, suretyship litigation, prevailing wage disputes, wrongful terminations, mechanics’ lien foreclosures, insurance disputes, bad faith claims, fraud, banking and financial disputes, torts, constitutional claims, property disputes, corporate litigation, business dissolutions, business valuations, accounting proceedings, and more.

He has published articles on trial practice, construction contract compliance, and prevailing wage law. He has shared his knowledge through lectures on various subjects.

Representative Matters

  • Won an Arbitration Award entitling a prime contractor on a large public construction project to compensation for extra-contractual work in the sum of $7.5 million
  • Obtained multiple Court Orders discharging mechanics’ liens from clients’ properties due to non-compliance with the Lien Law
  • Obtained a Decision and Order from the New York State Third Department Appellate Division striking down a determination of the Department of Labor that required a contractor to pay prevailing wages for work performed on a certain construction project
  • Obtained a Trial Decision from a Commercial Division Court in a business corporation valuation proceeding that involved the testimony of approximately a dozen expert witnesses, and which resulted in the forced buyout of the Firm’s client’s minority shares in excess of $10 million
  • Successfully represented a client in an investigation by a New York State public agency into the client’s bidder responsibility and eligibility for government contracts
  • Successfully won bid protests for public construction contracts
  • Successfully defended a manufacturer of manufactured homes in a trial wherein the claimant alleged construction defects
  • Obtained pre-trial Summary Judgment from a New York State trial court exonerating a freight broker from liability for damage to and loss of goods shipped interstate by a motor carrier trucking company
  • Successfully defended a heavy and civil contractor in a catastrophic road accident occurring on a highway project in Bronx County
  • Successfully defended a property owner in connection with the collapse of a second-story structure
  • Obtained, within 48 hours of retention, an Emergency Court Order requiring a former executive to immediately return possession of a company’s internet domain, email server and website
  • On behalf of a seller of a business, obtained a Court Order denying the buyer’s emergency motion to restrain sale of real property
  • Obtained an emergency Temporary Restraining Order immediately enjoining a former executive from exposing confidential and proprietary information and soliciting clients
  • Obtained numerous Court Orders relating to discovery in litigation, including but not limited to a novel Decision and Order making our opponent bear the cost of expensive Electronically-Stored Information (ESI) discovery
  • Architect of numerous favorable settlements on behalf of clients
  • Drafted numerous contracts

Work Experience

  • Hinckley Allen
    • Partner (2024-Present)
    • Associate (2020-2023)
  • McNamee Lochner P.C.
    • Associate (2018-2020)
  • Couch White, LLP
    • Associate (2015-2018)
  • N.Y.S. Workers' Compensation Board, Waiver Agreement Management Office
    • Excelsior Fellow/Attorney (2014-2015)

Honors & Awards

  • Super Lawyers, Upstate New York: Rising Stars (2019-2026)
    • Construction Litigation
  • Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch (2025)
    • Construction Law
  • Pro Bono Services Honor Roll, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (2015)
  • Recipient of Founders' Scholarship, John Alexander Memorial Scholarship, and Norbert L. Noel '44 Scholarship (2011-2014)

Charitable & Civic Involvement

  • American Cancer Society, Associate Board of Ambassadors
    • Member (2018-2021)

Professional Affiliations

  • Associated General Contractors (AGC) of New York State, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • New York State Bar Association, Member
  • Albany County Bar Association, Member
  • Capital District Trial Lawyers Association, Member

Bar Memberships

  • New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Publications

  • “New York to Require Contractors to Pay Prevailing Wages on Certain Private Projects” New York State Bar Association, 2020
  • “Contractual Notice Can Make or Break A Claim”, Construction Notes, 2017
  • “2016 Trial Practice, Litigation and CPLR Update” Albany County Bar Association, 2016
Publication

New York to Require Contractors to Pay Prevailing Wages on Certain Private Projects

Stephen Rosemarino and Chad Caplan were recently featured in the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Journal. Please visit the link below to read the full article.  

Firm News

Hinckley Allen Earns Wide Recognition Across Six States in 2025 Super Lawyers® and Rising Star Listings

More than 60 Hinckley Allen attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists across our Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Upstate New York offices.…

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Hinckley Allen’s Widespread Recognition in the 2024 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

More than 60 Hinckley Allen attorneys were named to the Super Lawyers ® and Rising Stars lists in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Upstate New York for 2024, including…

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Past Event

WEBINAR: Design Assist and Design Delegation

December 10, 2020

As part of the 2020 Construction Industry Conference held by the Associated General Contractors of America and the AGC of New York State, Partner Ronald D. Ciotti and Associate Stephen D. Rosemarino…

  • Lectured on “Design Assist and Design Delegation” at AGC’s Annual Construction Industry Conference, 2020
  • Lectured at AGC’s Annual Construction Industry Conference, 2018
  • Lectured at the Professional Golf Association (PGA) of Northeastern New York’s Spring Membership Meeting, 2018