About Stevan
Stevan Bosses built a legal career that links a technical education to decades at the bar. He trained first as an engineer and then as a lawyer. The combination shaped the type of work he took on and the courts where he has practiced.
He earned a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1960, then turned to law at Columbia Law School, receiving an LL.B. in 1963. That early pairing of engineering and legal study set him apart in an era when few lawyers had formal technical degrees.
After law school, Bosses entered practice in New York. Over the years he became admitted to practice in New York and before several federal benches: the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Those admissions reflect a career that has included work in both trial and appellate settings.
Colleagues describe Bosses as a lawyer comfortable with complex material. His education in mechanical engineering gave him a foundation for handling matters that raise technical questions. His courtroom work took him into federal courts and appellate panels, where legal argument often turns on fact patterns and precedent rather than simple statutory reading.
Bosses has worked through changes in litigation practice across the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He witnessed shifts in case management, electronic discovery, and the procedural approaches courts take to technical disputes. That institutional memory informs how he prepares cases and how he advises clients about the arc of litigation.
Outside the courtroom, Bosses’s training points to an analytical approach to legal problems. He has balanced factual investigation with legal research, assembling records and arguments suited to higher-court review. In appellate work, clarity of record and precision in briefing are often decisive. Those elements figure prominently in his practice style.
Now in 2026, Bosses continues to operate in New York and before federal appellate tribunals. He remains admitted to practice in New York, the Second Circuit, the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He currently practices in New York and before federal appellate courts.
