Stephanie Selman specializes in civil defense, with a primary focus on asbestos and talc related litigation. Within trial teams, she plays pivotal roles in high-stakes, multimillion-dollar actions. This involves active participation in pre-trial conferences, drafting and arguing pre-trial motions, trial documents, and briefs. Stephanie defends companies of all sizes—from family-run businesses to international Fortune 100 companies and their insurers. In addition, she has experience managing a diverse caseload that encompasses first- and third-party property defense, insurance coverage disputes, products liability, general liability, trucking defense, construction defect, and aviation law. Stephanie has built a reputation for delivering effective, strategic and efficient legal representation.
Stephanie is fluent in English, Spanish and French. She was born in New York City and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She obtained her first law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) in the Dominican Republic, where she is also licensed to practice. She then received the Rafael C. Benitez Scholarship to pursue an LLM in US and transnational law for foreign lawyers at the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida. Upon completion, Stephanie then continued to pursue a JD, which she was conferred in 2016. Stephanie’s outside interests include cooking, traveling and spending time with her fiancé, son and dogs, Thor and Nala.