Steven M. Raiser
His published biography is a criminal defence record almost end to end — a former Assistant District Attorney and Army JAG officer, best known for a homicide acquittal. The firm's rideshare page is thorough and cites the statute by section, but nothing on his own page describes injury work. Read the listing narrowly.
The bar record
We read Steven M. Raiser in the New York State Unified Court System’s Attorney Detail Report. Only the shaded green row is generated by the court; the rows marked attorney-supplied were filed by him.
New York vouches for one line of this. The court system’s own disclaimer states that the Detail Report contains information provided by the attorney, except registration status, which is generated from the Office of Court Administration’s database. It further states that an attorney’s good standing and any information regarding disciplinary actions must be confirmed with the appropriate Appellate Division Department. So “currently registered” is the court’s own fact. “No record of discipline” is displayed by the court system but comes with an instruction to verify it elsewhere — and we haven’t. That is why the discipline figure above is a dash and not a tick.
And it tells you which office to ask. Steven M. Raiser was admitted through the 2nd Department, so that is the department a reader would need to write to. Of the twenty-one lawyers on our New York pages, fifteen were admitted through the Second and six through the First. No other register we use sends you somewhere else to finish the check — and none of the others tells you where.
What the record shows
His biography describes service as an Assistant District Attorney, service in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, past presidency of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County, and a homicide defence. Personal injury work does not appear in it, though the firm’s rideshare page is filed under its personal injury section.Verified
The register records the firm as Raiser & Kenniff, P.C.; the site trades as Raiser, Kenniff & Lonstein.Verified
The firm’s rideshare page cites Vehicle and Traffic Law §1694 and sets out four coverage periods rather than the usual three. Its figures for the on-trip tier differ from those given on other pages in this batch — which is one reason we print none of them.Verified
What the firm says
He says he holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating maintained since 2016, was named a 2026 Super Lawyer in the top 5% of attorneys in the Nassau-Suffolk metro area, and received the New York State Bar Association’s Award for Excellence in Public Service.Reported
He says he earned the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Army Commendation Medal for service during combat operations.Reported
He says he was admitted to the United States Supreme Court in 2010 and holds a J.D. from St. John’s and an M.A. in political science from American Military University.Reported
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What we haven’t checked
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