Nassau County Bar Association President Steven Eisman dies at 61

Joe Nikic

Nassau County Bar Association President Steven Eisman died last Thursday after several weeks of suffering from sinus surgery complications. He was 61.

Eisman, who was named the bar association’s 113th president in June, was an executive partner for Lake Success-based law firm Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Wolf.

“The NCBA board and it’s members extend our deepest condolences to Steve’s family, co-workers, friends, colleagues, clients, and all who had the good fortune to be touched by his special talent and big heart,” bar association President-Elect Martha Krisel said in a statement. “Our hearts are broken as we face this enormous loss.”

By the bar association’s bylaws, Krisel becomes the new president, bar association Director of Marketing and Communications Valerie Zurblis said.

Since 2008, Eisman has been named a top attorney by New York Super Lawyers every year.

He was also named a top attorney by The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2012.

“He was first and foremost a family man to his wife and kids, as well as his sister. And he was the tops in his field,” Abrams Fensterman Executive Partner Sam Ferrara said. “He was president of the Nassau bar, a pinnacle to a successful career. He was well liked and well respected by all who knew him.”

Eisman was also a member of the Matrimonial & Family Law Committees of the New York State and the Nassau County Bar Associations, according to his firm’s business profile.

His charity work included the bar association’s “We Care Fund.”

Krisel said the bar association was accepting donations for the We Care Fund, as well as for a capital building fund that the it is establishing in Eisman’s memory.

Eisman lived in East Hills with his wife, Kathy.

The two met while volunteering for the Kiwanis Club, the family told Newsday.

“Two people couldn’t have loved each other more,” the family said in an e-mail to Newsday. “He was 100 percent of Kathy’s life and vice versa.”

Eisman is survived by his wife, his son, Scott, and his three daughters, Alexandra, Amanda, and Jamie, as well as his sister, Carole Lerner.

Inspired by their father, Scott, Alexandra, and Amanda decided to become lawyers, according to Newsday.

Krisel said Eisman “was – first and foremost – a family man. Steve lived and breathed for his children and for his wife, Kathy. Rarely have I seen a father so intertwined with his children; they were in touch throughout each and every day, no matter how busy Steve was.”

A funeral service was held for Eisman at Temple Sinai of Roslyn Friday, which was attended by Nassau judges, lawyers, and clients, as well as family members and friends.

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