Steven D. Irwin
Partner
Steven D. Irwin is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a member of the Corporate Practice Group, where he co-leads the Government Relations Group and the Securities Group. He is also a member of the Employment & Labor Practice Group. Steve is based in the Pittsburgh office, where he handles business matters, routinely interacts with government bodies and counsels high-level management, defending against or asserting allegations of fraudulent conduct.
Steve is a former Management Committee member. Steve also led the firm’s Employment Group for a decade and continues to counsel clients on all legal aspects of the employment relationship and labor compliance, with special emphasis on the financial services sector.
Steve served as Commissioner of Banking & Securities under two Governors and sat on the Board of Trustees of the Investor Protection Trust. He served as President-Elect of the North American Securities Administrators Association and held leadership roles on the Federal Legislation Committee, Enforcement Section and the Dodd-Frank Working Group. Steve was an independent director of the third business development fund of Franklin Square Investments from its formation. He was Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter and began his career as law clerk to Third Circuit Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
In February 2023, Steve became Josh Shapiro’s first appointment as Governor when he was named to the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline left by President Judge James Eisenhower.
