Stephen G. Harvey
Top rated Business Litigation attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Steve Harvey Law LLC
Practice areas: Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Employment Litigation; view more
Licensed in Pennsylvania since: 1990
Education: Villanova University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2010, 2013 - 2026 Call today:
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Stephen G. Harvey is founder of Steve Harvey Law LLC. He represents and advises clients in civil disputes. His practice extends to all of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with a focus on southeast Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. With over three decades of experience, he takes on litigation and disputes in the following areas: commercial litigation, legal malpractice, financial services, fiduciary duties, business torts, executive employment, intellectual property, fraud, defamation, breach of contract, corporations and limited liability companies, non-competes, trade secrets, and claims under federal and state statutes.
He has handled unique and high stakes cases. In 2005, Steve served as co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the landmark “intelligent design” case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. In 2013, Steve represented a child and her family in a successful challenge to national organ transplant policy that enabled his client to receive a new set of lungs and live; the case also resulted in a change to national organ transplant policy. Steve has handled numerous other high stakes litigation matters that have been the subject of media attention.
Steve Harvey graduated in 1982 from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1989, he graduated cum laude with his Juris Doctor degree from Villanova University School of Law. While in law school, he was a member of the Order of the Coif, a National Moot Court Champion, and the Managing Editor of the Villanova Law Review. He clerked for a federal appellate judge and was selected for the U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program in 1990. He worked in the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice and then worked as an associate at two large national law firms (Crowell & Moring and Pepper Hamilton) before serving as a partner at Pepper Hamilton for 13 years. He founded Steve Harvey Law in 2013.
Steve is admitted to practice in state courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and many federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd, 7th, 8th, and DC Circuits, as well as federal district courts in Philadelphia and elsewhere.
For his volunteer and charity work, Steve was given the Public Service Award in 2013 by the Villanova University School of Law Alumni Association and was named in 2006 by the ACLU of Pennsylvania as Civil Libertarian of the Year.
He does NOT handle cases related to:
- Criminal law
- Lemon law
- Home contractor disputes
- Fraudulent advertising
Practice areas
Business Litigation, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Civil Litigation: Defense, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: Defense- 60% Business Litigation
- 10% Civil Litigation: Plaintiff
- 10% Civil Litigation: Defense
- 10% Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- 10% Employment Litigation: Defense
First Admitted: 1990, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: https://www.steveharveylaw.com/attorney/harvey-stephen-g/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- American Bar Association, Member
- Philadelphia Bar Association, Member
- Temple American Inn of Court, 1999 to Present
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Servis One, Inc. V. OKS Group, LLC, No. CV 20-4661, 2023 WL 8936695 (E.D.Po, Dec 27, 2023, aff’d, No. 24-1301, 2025 WL 73367 (3d C.R. Mon 7, 2025).
- Somach v. Firstenberg, No. CV 22-2775, 2024 WL 1258637 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 25, 2024)
- Servis One, Inc. v. OKS Grp., LLC, No. CV 20-4661, 2023 WL 8936695 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 27, 2023)
- Axtria, Inc. v. OKS Grp., LLC, No. CV 20-6424, 2023 WL 7706260 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 15, 2023)
- Porat v. Temple University, No. 1278 EDA 2022, 2023 WL 2533204 (Pa. Super. Ct. Mar. 16, 2023)
- Povacz v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 280 A.3d 975, 982 (Pa. 2022)
- Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper v. Keystone Protein Co., F. supp 3d 625 (M.D. Po. 2021)
- Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper v. Keystone Protein Co., 2021 WL 632734, No. 1:19-CV-01307 (M.D. Pa. 2021)
- CPR Mgmt., S.A. v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P., 19 F.4th 236 (3d Cir. 2021)
- In Re Senior Health Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania In Rehab., 266 A.3d 1141 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2021)
- Ctr. for Investigative Reporting v. Se. Pennsylvania Transportation Auth., 975 F.3d 300 (3d Cir. 2020)
- Bank of Hope v. Chon, 938 F.3d 389 (3d Cir. 2019)
- League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, 219 A.3d 594 (2019)
- EQT Prod. Co. v. Dep't of Env't Prot. of Commonwealth, 645 Pa. 642, 181 A.3d 1128 (2018)
- Williams v. City of Philadelphia, 647 Pa. 126, 188 A.3d 421 (2018)
- Ryu v. Hope Bancorp, Inc., No. 18 CIV. 1236 (JSR), 2018 WL 1989591 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 26, 2018)
- Alzheimer's Inst. of Am., Inc. v. Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, No. CIV.A. 10-6908, 2011 WL 3875341 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 31, 2011), aff'd, 560 F. App'x 996 (Fed. Cir. 2014)
- Barlee v. First Horizon Nat. Corp., No. CIV.A. 12-3045, 2013 WL 706091 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 27, 2013)
- Murnaghan v. United States Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs., No. CV 13-3083, 2013 WL 12403073 (E.D. Pa. June 5, 2013)
- Mwantembe v. TD Bank, N.A., 669 F. Supp. 2d 545 (E.D. Pa. 2009)
- People of California, ex rel. Herrera v. Check "N Go of California, Inc., No. C 07-02789 JSW, 2007 WL 2406888 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 20, 2007)
- U.S. ex rel. Sanders v. Am.-Amicable Life Ins. Co. of Texas, 545 F.3d 256 (3d Cir. 2008)
- Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005)
- Yeboah v. U.S. Dep't of Just., 345 F.3d 216 (3d Cir. 2003)
- Victaulic Co. v. Tieman, 499 F.3d 227 (3d Cir. 2003)
- Harrell v. Chrysler Fin. Co., 811 A.2d 597 (2002)
- Johnson v. W. Suburban Bank, 225 F.3d 366 (3d Cir. 2000)
- Collins v. Algarin, No. CIV. A. 95-4220, 1998 WL 10234 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 9, 1998)
- Ford Motor Co. v. Ins. Co. of N. Am., 41 Cal. Rptr. 2d 342 (1995)
- Randle v. Bentsen, 19 F.3d 371 (7th Cir. 1994)
- Dickerson v. Dep't of Just., No. CIV. A.90-CV-60045AA, 1991 WL 337422 (E.D. Mich. July 31, 1991), aff'd, 992 F.2d 1426 (6th Cir. 1993)
- Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. Madigan, 956 F.2d 670 (7th Cir. 1992)
- Armstrong v. Bush, 807 F. Supp. 816 (D.D.C. 1992)
- Universal Health Servs. of McAllen, Inc. v. Sullivan, 770 F. Supp. 704 (D.D.C. 1991), aff'd, 978 F.2d 745 (D.C. Cir. 1992)
Representative Clients
- Peoples Security Bank & Trust (Scranton, PA), 2019
- Hibu.com, 2015
- Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, 2020
- Superintendent of Maine Bureau of Insurance and Massachusetts Commissions of Insurance, 2020
- A&H Sportswear, 2020
- DeWitt Capital Management, 2019
- CPR Management, S.A., 2020
Pro bono / Community Service
- Judge Pro Tem, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (2010-present)
- Master, Temple American Inn of Court (1999-present)
- Past Board Member and Past President, The Homeless Advocacy Project
- Founder, A Call to the Bar: Lawyers for Common Sense on Climate Change
- Past Chair, Environmental and Energy Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association
- Past Chair, Litigation Subcommittee, Committee on Consumer Financial Services, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
Honors
- Hyman-Goodman Award for Academic and Extracurricular Excellence from Villanova University School of Law
- William R. Klaus Pro Bono Award from Pepper Hamilton LLP
- Pro Bono Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Clarence Darrow Award from the National Center for Science Education
- Civil Libertarian of the Year Award from the ACLU of Pennsylvania
- Public Service Award from Villanova University School of Law Alumni Association
- Super Lawyers Award Selectee (Top 5% of Attorneys in the State), 2006 - 2010, 2013 - present
Educational Background
- Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania - J.D., Honors: magna cum laude, Member - Order of the Coif, National Moot Court Champion, Managing Editor of Villanova Law Review, 1989
- University of Massachusetts - B.A., 1982
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Seven Guidellines for Success in the Practice of Law, The Legal Intelligence (January 15, 2023)
- Just a Theory on People and Climate Change, Oregon State Bar, Sustainable Future Section, The Long View, at 3 (Spring 2015)
- Why Every Lawyer Should Care About Climate Change, Pennsylvania Bar Association Environmental & Energy Law Section 2015 Newsletter
- Climate Change: Time to Act, The Philadelphia Lawyer (Winter 2015)
- Defending Darwin, Litigation, Fall 2010 (37:1)
- Enforcing the Non-Compete and Confidentiality Duties of High-Level Executives, 1998 Employment Law Update (Aspen Law & Business 1998)
- The Pattern Requirement in Civil RICO Is Working: Case law After Sedima, 33 Vill. L. Rev. 205 (1988)
- Seven Guidelines for Success in the Practice of Law, The Legal Intelligencer (January 2023)
- Going Green: How Environmental Sustainability Improves Your Bottom Line, a panel presentation on sustainability and its positive impacts for business at the Center for Leadership of Neumann University (September 10, 2015)
- Lawyers, the Law, and Climate Change, a lecture and discussion with Yolanda Pagano, for the New York City Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee, in New York, NY (May 14, 2015)
- Lecture and demonstration of direct and cross examination techniques as part of a program titled “Trial of a Federal Court Case” by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (July 23, 2014)
- Panel Presentation titled “Making the Private Practice Leap” for the Philadelphia Bar Association (June 4, 2014)
- Organ Allocation Meets the Judicial System: Thoughts on the Sarah Murnaghan Lung Allocation Case, a lecture at Southern Illinois Healthcare/Southern Illinois University (May 16, 2014)
- Panel Presentation titled “Effective Depositions of Financial and Economic Experts” for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (April 23, 2014)
- Creationism on Trial: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the 21st Century Monkey Trial, lecture at Marshall University, in Huntington, WV (April 1, 2014)
- Organ Allocation Meets the Judicial System: Thoughts on the Sarah Murnaghan Lung Allocation Case, a lecture at a meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association in Washington, DC (January 23, 2014)
- Religious Liberty and Public Education, a lecture at the University of New Orleans (October 24, 2013)
- Presentation on e-discovery at the Legal Intelligencer’s annual Litigation Summit in Philadelphia (September 20, 2013)
- UDAAP in the Age of the CFPB, a presentation for the ABA Committee on Consumer Financial Services in Naples, FL (January 6, 2013)
- Presented a webinar titled “Mastering the Science of Cross Examination” for Lorman Educational Services (February 17, 2012)
- Fair Lending ― Compliance, Risk and Liability, an invited speaker for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission in San Antonio (August 2, 2011)
- Litigation and Dodd-Frank ― Possible Effects on Consumer Litigation, a presentation at the ABA Section of Business Spring Meeting in Boston (April 14, 2011)
- Selected Issues in the World of Social Media, a presentation at the Delaware Valley Corporate Counsel Association annual in-house conference in Philadelphia (April 7, 2011)
- Banking
- Legal
- Pharma
- Real Estate
- Tech
Office location for Stephen G. Harvey
1880 John F Kennedy Blvd
Suite 1715
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-907-7313
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2010, 2013 - 2026
