Steven Riker

Steven Riker, Esq. is an AV-rated® attorney, selected to Super Lawyers®, who provides high-quality legal services at cost-effective rates to a diversified clientele in the New York metropolitan area. Mr. Riker maintains a general commercial practice, with an emphasis on commercial and business litigation, real estate transactions, business law, and hotel/hospitality law. He represents individuals and entities in actions involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, specific enforcement of real estate contracts, landlord-tenant disputes, mechanic’s liens, brokerage disputes, and employment disputes. He also represents owners, developers, landlords, and tenants in commercial and residential real estate acquisitions, lease transactions, and related financing transactions. And he counsels businesses in a broad range of matters, including the formation of limited liability companies, corporations, and partnerships, the preparation and negotiation of operating agreements, shareholders’ agreements, and corporate governance documents, the sale and acquisition of businesses, and the day-to-day negotiation and drafting of various types of contracts and agreements. Mr. Riker also represents individuals and fiduciaries in various Surrogate's Court proceedings involving wills, trusts, and estates matters.

Mr. Riker’s clients have included large publicly-traded companies, corporate executives, prominent individuals, and many small business owners. However, every client and every project, whether big or small, receives the same level of commitment, diligence and ingenuity which distinguishes his practice.

Mr. Riker has been frequently honored for his legal ability and high ethical standards, as evidenced by his AV Preeminent* peer-review rating from Martindale Hubbell, His selection to Super Lawyers®, his Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion awards, his inclusion in New York Magazine’s “New York Area's Top Rated Lawyers”, his selection for “Best Real Estate Law Services” by Corporate LiveWire, and inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in American Law. As a consequence of his recognized knowledge and expertise, Mr. Riker has also been a presenter at Continuing Legal Education seminars given to other lawyers.