Steven E. Waldinger - a Mount Kisco, US Community Associations, Condos, HOAs & Co-ops Lawyer

Mount Kisco Community Associations, Condos, HOAs & Co-ops Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Community Associations, Condos, HOAs & Co-ops
Commercial and Residential Landlord/Tenant
Civil Litigation
Real Estate Litigation

Litigation: 75%

Attorney Information

Overview

Steven E. Waldinger joined the firm in 1988, became a partner in 1998 and leads the firm's litigation practice area. He is a civil litigator adept at representing individuals and businesses alike. In addition to his commercial, landlord-tenant, and real estate litigation practice, he has developed a unique niche advising and, where necessary, litigating on behalf of condominiums, homeowners’ associations and cooperatives throughout Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Dutchess and Orange Counties. Over the course of more than thirty years, Mr. Waldinger has represented in excess of 100 boards in the region.

Mr. Waldinger utilizes his civil litigation skills in connection with the firm’s well-established practice area of representing community association boards. His experience includes advising boards on the myriad issues that arise in community living and litigating such basic actions as the collection of outstanding common charges and foreclosures of liens, suits against unit owners, homeowners, and shareholders to enforce bylaws and rules and regulations, as well as complex actions against developers arising from faulty construction. His article, “Representing the Board in Condominium Foreclosure Actions”, published in the New York Law Journal on September 20, 1994 transformed the manner in which many attorneys represent condominiums in foreclosure actions. He is also a frequent speaker, advising boards and managing agents on practical, cost-effective collection techniques; among other topics.

Mr. Waldinger also continues to litigate commercial and residential real estate disputes, including commercial and residential eviction proceedings. Further, having experience in the defense of complex medical malpractice actions, he continues to take on substantial plaintiffs’ medical malpractice and personal injury actions.

Mr. Waldinger is an active participant in the northern Westchester County community in which he works and resides. He is a recent past Trustee of Manhattanville College and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance. He is also the President of the Somers Holocaust Memorial Commission, an organization dedicated to educating students on the holocaust, genocide and human rights issues.

He has served on and been Chairman of the Town of Somers Zoning Board of Appeals, been a lay member of the Northern Westchester Hospital Institutional Review Board, is a Past President of the Northern Westchester Bar Association, and served as a member of the Manhattanville College Alumni Board. Mr. Waldinger is serving the Westchester County Bar Association as a member of its Nominating Committee and is presently on the Board of The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County.

Awards and Honors

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Honors

Recognized as a SuperLawyer every year from 2014 through 2022
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated, 2023

Other Sources of Feedback About Steven E. Waldinger

Included on the 2026 New York Metro Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- New York Law School, New York, New York, 1987
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Kaplun Foundation Award for Consumer Law
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards for Real Property, Civil Procedure and Torts
  Honors: New York Law School Merit Scholar
  Law Review: New York Law School Law Review, Member, 1985 - 1986
Non Legal Education
- Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, 1985
  B.A.
  Major: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Classes and Seminars

How to Get Blood From a Stone, Representing Boards in Collection Actions, Community Associations Institute, Hudson Valley Chapter

Pro Bono Activities

President, Somers Holocaust Memorial Commission, 2010 - Present
President, Northern Westchester County Bar Association, 2000 - 2001
Community Representative, Northern Westchester Hospital Institutional Review Board, 2001 - 2011
Chairman, Town of Somers Zoning Board of Appeals, 1998 - 2005
Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance, Board of Directors
Manhattanville College, Board of Trustees
Board Member, The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County

Bar Admissions

Connecticut, 1987
New York, 1988
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1988

Other Affiliations

Community Associations Institute (Member)
Community Associations Institute, Hudson Valley Chapter (Member)
Westchester County, NY State and American Bar Associations (Member)
Northern Westchester Bar Association (Member)
Northern Westchester Bar Association, 2000 - 2001 (Past President)

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Contact

Mount Kisco, NY

118 North Bedford Road
Suite 300
Mount Kisco, NY 10549

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Phone: 914-595-1468

Fax: 914-666-4459

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Website: https://www.kiscolawfirm.com

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