About Joseph
Joseph Steinfield entered law after a classical liberal arts education. He graduated from Brown University in 1957 with a B.A. in English Literature and completed his LL.B. at Harvard Law School in 1961. Those academic years set the stage for a long career in litigation and dispute resolution.
He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is also admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. Early in his career he became involved in the trial bar and professional organizations that shape courtroom practice. Memberships with the American Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association date to the mid-1960s. He joined the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1984, an affiliation that points to substantial trial experience, and became a member of the American Law Institute in 2002.
Steinfield has maintained roles beyond routine bar membership. He serves on the New Hampshire Bar Association’s Board of Governors, a role he assumed in 2018 after joining the association in 2007. He has also been part of the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial Arbitration Panel, reflecting a long engagement with arbitration as a forum for resolving complex commercial disputes.
His training includes a 30-hour mediation program at the Community Dispute Settlement Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. That formal mediation credential complements the arbitration work and the courtroom practice signaled by his trial lawyer affiliations. Over the decades he has moved between litigation in court and alternative dispute resolution in private settings, taking on cases that required both advocacy and negotiated settlements.
Steinfield’s professional life has included private practice and association with law firms. He has operated under his own name, Joseph D. Steinfield, Lawyer at Law, and has also been associated with Prince Lobel Tye LLP. His practice has involved work typical of experienced trial counsel and arbitrators: preparing cases for trial, briefing dispositive motions, managing discovery, and participating in hearings or arbitration panels.
Colleagues and clients see him as an experienced courtroom presence and an arbitrator versed in commercial matters. He remains active in professional groups, and his continued memberships reflect ongoing participation in the legal community. He currently maintains offices at Joseph D. Steinfield, Lawyer at Law and at Prince Lobel Tye LLP, where he concentrates on trial and arbitration matters.
