Stephen J. Fearon joined Condon & Forsyth LLP in 1967. Steve concentrates on trial and appellate work on behalf of the firm's airline clients. He has written many articles on aviation law and has conducted numerous seminars under the auspices of the International Air Transport Association and the Air Transport association for Representatives of member airlines. Steve is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham Law School and frequently lectures on aviation issues. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award (2006), Fordham Law Alumni Association.

Steve is admitted to the bar of New York (1964), the District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1967), the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1967) and the U.S. Supreme Court (1985).

He is a member of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Aeronautical Law Committee, 1975-1978, 1984-1986), the New York State (Member, Aviation Law Committee, 1982-1986) and American Bar Associations, he is a Member, Executive Committee of the N.Y. County Lawyer's Association, the American Inns of Court, a member of the Board of the Fordham Law Alumni Association and a Board Member for Thorpe Family Residences, Bronx, New York. Among his other distinctions, Steve is also a member of the Character and Fitness Committee of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department.

Steve is a graduate of Fordham University (LL.B., 1963) and Iona College (A.B., 1960).

Published Works and Presentations:

An Analysis of Successive and Contracting Carrier Liability. Condon & Forsyth LLP Client Bulletin (October 2008).


Recoverable Damages in Wrongful Death Actions Governed by the Warsaw Convention.  62 Defense Counsel Journal 367(July 1995).


Liability Limits Vis-A-Vis The Passengers -- The American Way.  Risk & Insurance Managers Forum (RIMF), Munich, Germany (1995)


Handling an Aviation Terrorism Case.  Speaker at the ABA Litigation in Aviation Seminar, Washington D.C. (1989).