Steven Altman

Steven Altman is a personal injury lawyer and the managing partner of Altman & Altman, LLP in Cambridge. His practice primarily focuses on civil and criminal litigation, including wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, premises liability, medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, defective products, and other catastrophic injury claims. He helps manage the firm’s criminal defense practice. His work combines injury litigation, negotiation, case strategy, and firm leadership across a broad range of serious civil and criminal matters.

Steven earned his J.D. from Suffolk University in 1992 and a B.S. in Economics from Trinity College in 1989. He is admitted to the state and federal bars in Massachusetts. His education in law and economics supports a practice involving liability, damages, negotiation, and litigation strategy, particularly in cases where injuries create substantial medical, financial, and personal consequences and where careful assessment of evidence and valuation is central to resolving the claim.

Steven has handled complex civil matters involving catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, medical negligence, vehicle crashes, unsafe premises, and defective products. His work has included negotiating and litigating claims that produced millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for clients. He works with the firm’s criminal litigation team on matters ranging from traffic cases to serious felony charges, giving him experience managing high-stakes civil claims and criminal defense issues.

Steven Altman is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers, American Association for Justice, and other trial-lawyer organizations. He has contributed to legal blogs and appeared as a legal contributor on Investigation Discovery programming. As managing partner, he combines client representation with firm leadership and emphasizes accessibility and communication while handling personal injury, catastrophic-loss, and other litigation matters from the firm’s Cambridge office.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Altman & Altman LLP
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, American Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Member, American Association of Justice
• Member, The Jimmy Fund
• Member, The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Licensed State

• Massachusetts

Education

• Suffolk University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Trinity College
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Economics

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