Bio

Steven Prager, a senior member of Krieger & Prager, LLP, is a graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. He received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the City University of New York. He previously served as general counsel to Agudath Israel of America, a national Jewish legislative and advocacy organization, before joining with Samuel M. Krieger in 1986. He was admitted to practice in 1981. He is also admitted to the Federal District Courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and to the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Prager is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Brooklyn Bar Association and the Queens County Bar Association. A significant portion of his practice is devoted to kinship litigation and contested estate matters. He has litigated hundreds of kinship hearings resulting in the distribution of substantial recoveries for his clients. A trusted advocate, he has been appointed by several judges of the Surrogate’s Courts as a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of potential beneficiaries in estate proceedings.