Attorney Profile
Steven M. Cherin
Education: Carnegie Mellon University, Magna Cum Laude, Small Business Management (B.A.,1981); Cornell Law School, Order of the Coif, Magna Cum Laude, Law Review Board (J.D., 1984)
Admissions: Pennsylvania Bar, 1984.
Practice Areas: Business Sales and Acquisitions; Business Structuring and Development; Private Securities Offerings; Stock Options and Executive Compensation; Federal, State and Local Taxation; Reorganizations; and Corporate, Partnership and Limited Liability Company Law.
Steven M. Cherin is a shareholder with the Pittsburgh office of Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky, where he concentrates his practice in business law. Mr. Cherin is chairman of the corporate transactions group. He joined the firm in 2008 in the combination with Gefsky and Lehman, P.C., where he was the firm's managing partner. Mr. Cherin started his legal career with Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., as a member of its business and tax groups.
Mr. Cherin's broad practice experience includes business sales and acquisitions; business structuring and development; private securities offerings; stock options and executive compensation; federal, state and local taxation; reorganizations; and corporate, partnership and limited liability company law.
His clients include middle market companies involved in mergers and acquisitions as well as early-stage venture clients needing guidance on formation and fund-raising efforts.
Mr. Cherin holds the highest rating for lawyers by Martindale Hubbell, a national register for attorneys, recognizing his professional standards and ethics as well as his legal ability.
Community - Mr. Cherin's clients are not the only ones to benefit from his expertise. He frequently shares his insight and knowledge with the university and entrepreneurial communities. For more than a decade, he served as a board chairman of the Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School Management Game, a computer-based business strategy simulation for M.B.A. students. He also was a coach for the EnterPrize Business Plan Competition, which supported southwestern Pennsylvania's technology entrepreneurs, as well as participating as a judge in numerous business plan competitions. He serves as Vice President on the board of his condominium association, as well as Vice President on the Board of Edgewood County Club.
Professional - Mr. Cherin frequently speaks to a variety of professional organizations. He had served as a speaker and moderator for Duquesne University's Entrepreneur's Growth Conference. He has organized multiple seminars on mergers and acquisitions and has lectured on Pennsylvania business taxes to the National Business Institute and Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Mr. Cherin has led seminars about S corporations for Lorman Education Services. He has also lectured on start-up companies, corporate fiduciary duties, financing, stock options and various tax issues.
Mr. Cherin is a graduate of the Cornell School of Law, where he served on the board and was published in the Cornell Law Review. He has also been published in the Forum Reporter, the newsletter of the Enterprise Forum (Pittsburgh Chapter).
