Agus & Partners, PC

Specialties

The Attorneys at Agus & Partners, P.C. have extensive experience in the following areas of law:

Civil Litigation and Appellate Practice

Commercial Litigation

The firm litigates and trys commercial litigation cases encompassing areas such as arbitration, bankruptcy, shareholder litigation, the Uniform Commercial Code, whistleblower actions, and other legal issues typically arising out of business and contractual disputes.

Real Estate Law (Condos, Co-​ops, Rental Units)

Labor Law, Whistleblower, Retaliation, Discrimination, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Aviation Law, Transportation of Cargo, Insurance Recovery and Subrogation, Business and Corporate Law, Contracts, Consumer Credit/​Debt Collection Defense, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate

History

Established in 1992.

Agus & Partners, P.C., a New York State law firm, founded in 1992 by Stephen A. Agus, Esq. is a general practice litigation firm located in the heart of the Financial District of New York City. Agus & Partners, P.C. has specialized strengths in plaintiff’s insurance subrogation, recovery, marine cargo, aviation cargo, transportation law, construction, insurance law, letters of credit, employment law, and commercial litigation of all kinds, including securities. The firm also devotes a substantial part of its practice to real estate matters.

The law firm has served clients throughout the United States in both national and global legal matters.

Having over 20 years of experience, Agus & Partners, P.C. prides itself in commitment to its clients, integrity, and in achieving the best possible results for its clients. Our Attorneys provide personalized attention to each client and work diligently to provide each client with a cost effective solution to their individual cases.

Meet the Business Owner

Stephen A.

Business Owner

Founding partner Stephen A. Agus, Esq. was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1976. Prior to that time and during his years in law school, which he attended at night, Mr. Agus worked as a Recovery Adjuster for The Atlantic Companies in New York. Responsible for the filing of claims and successful settlement of ocean and inland marine recoveries for more than three years at The Atlantic Companies provided Mr. Agus with a sound education for his first job as a lawyer with Purrington & McConnell (later to be named Purrington, McConnell & Agus), where he became a partner in his first year. One of the first cases handled by Mr. Agus at Purrington & McConnell was the successful appeal of a case that was to become a landmark for ocean marine recoveries: Vana Trading v. METTE SKOU, 551 F.2d 100 (2^nd Cir. 1976). Vana re-​established the vitality of an ancient principle of ocean cargo law, that in a case of multiple causes of loss, the shifting burdens of proof would require the ocean carr