Mr. Stewart retired from practicing law after a 47+ year career in 2025, having been most recently a senior partner in an international law firm headquartered in New York City.  In addition to private practice, Stewart was also Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Nikko Securities International, as well as the head of litigation at E. F. Hutton & Co. He is the author of Myron Taylor: The Man Nobody Knew (Twelve Tables Press 2023), The Worst Supreme Court Decisions, Ever! (And Related Tales) (Twelve Tables Press 2024), Law In American History (And In Mine) (Twelve Tables Press 2025), and William Henry Seward’s Quest to Save the Nation During the Secession Winter (November 1860 – April 1861) (Twelve Tables Press 2026). 

Over the course of his legal career, Stewart litigated cases throughout the United States and abroad, handling trials, appeals, and matters before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the Delaware Chancery Court, and the U. S. Supreme Court. While he most often represented Fortune 100 corporate clients, Stewart found particular satisfaction in representing individuals against powerful adversaries – defeating in the courtroom: public companies  who tried to deny corporate executives millions of dollars of stock options; the Superintendent of Sing Sing Prison who denied a prisoner basic civil rights; a New York City landlord who allowed the destruction of a helpless family’s apartment; the Securities and Exchange Commission which accused a convicted felon of securities fraud; and, the New York Attorney General who criminally prosecuted a low level employee for allegedly “late trading” mutual funds (that trial was featured in the New York Law Journal as “one of the top trials of 2005”). Stewart also served as a Special Assistant District Attorney, New York County (1979 – 80).  Representative litigated matters include: Fishoff v. Coty, Inc., 676 F. Supp. 2d 209 (S.D.N.Y. 2009); aff’d, 634 F. 3d 647 (2d Cir. 2011); Goodman v. Goldman Sachs & Co., 2010 W 5186180 (D.N.J. December 14, 2010); International Strategies Group v. ABN Amro Bank, 853 N.Y.S. 2d 878 (1st Dept. 2008); Yeshiva University v. New England Educational Institute, 631 F. Supp. 146 (S.D.N.Y. 1986); In re: Penn Central Transportation Co., 42 B.R. 657 (E.D. Pa. 1984) & 771 F.2d 762 (3d Cir. 1985); McGuiness v. Jakubiak, 431 N.Y.S. 2d 755 (Sup. Ct. 1980).

Besides his law practice, Stewart taught as an adjunct professor at the Fordham Law School for four decades, as a visiting professor at Cornell University for three decades, and also served as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School from 2001 to 2008. Since 1990, Stewart has been a contributing columnist for the New York Law Journal, the New York Business Law Journal, and the Federal Bar Council Quarterly. He has published approximately 300 articles on a variety of legal subjects and frequently been featured not only in the national media, but also as a speaker at various forums across the country on securities law, professional responsibility, and complex litigation issues. In 2016, Stewart received the Sanford D. Levy Award from the New York State Bar Association for his contributions to the field of legal ethics.

Mr. Stewart is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York.  He is also a Director and Treasurer of Humanities New York.  Stewart has served as a Trustee of Cornell University, the Westminster School, the American University of Bulgaria, the American Historical Association, the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of the USA, WMCA Camping Services, and the Federal Bar Council. 

 Mr. Stewart graduated from the Westminster School (cum laude), Cornell University (B.A., cum laude), and the Cornell Law School (J.D., where he was published in the Law Review and was a member of the Moot Court Board).