Steve Schindler is a founding partner of Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, a litigation and art law boutique located at 100 Wall Street in New York City. Steve heads SCH’s Art Law Group. This practice area, which has grown steadily over the past decade, combines SCH’s formidable litigation expertise with a deep knowledge of the art market and its specific legal issues. Steve regularly advises art galleries, other art related businesses, collectors, artists, and not-for-profit corporation in the art space on transactional matters, such as the sale and acquisition of art and their relationships with dealers, banks and auction houses, and has litigated cases involving the authenticity, title, provenance and appraisals of art. As a trusted advisor, Steve also provides outside general counsel services to art clients.
Steve is on the faculty of NYU’s Steinhardt School where he teaches art law. Steve is also Chair of the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association and is President of the Board of Artists Space, whose mission is to encourage diversity and experimentation in the arts and to provide an exhibition space for new art and artists. Steve often speaks on legal and industry sponsored panels relating to current topics in art law, and is the author of articles on art law including, The “Red Flags” Standard: Rationalizing ACA Galleries, Inc. v. Kinney, International Foundation for Art Research Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2016, Buyer Beware: Is There A Duty To Authenticate Art?, International Foundation For Art Research Journal, Vol. 15 Nos. 3 & 4, 2014; Role of Judges in Authenticating Art in United States and Europe, New York Law Journal, Sept. 15, 2014; Questioning ‘Cariou’ Rationale On Transformative Fair Use, New York Law Journal, Nov. 19, 2014. Steve is also the co-host of The Art Law Podcast, www.artlawpodcast.com.
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Steven R. Schindler, Katherine Wilson-Milne, Jacqueline Towers-Perkins, Roxanne Cohen, Alanna Butera, Annelien Bruins
Steven R. Schindler, Katherine Wilson-Milne, Jacqueline Towers-Perkins, Annelien Bruins, Mary Buschman, Heidi Lee-Komaromi, Drew Watson
Steven R. Schindler, Katherine Wilson-Milne, Phillip Ashley Klein