Stephen A. Antonelli

Area of Emphasis

Steve Antonelli is a shareholder and chair of the Employment and Labor Group of Babst Calland. He is also a member of the Litigation, Energy and Natural Resources and Emerging Technologies groups. His practice includes representing employers of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies, large healthcare organizations and the technology industry, to non-profit organizations and family-owned businesses. Mr. Antonelli counsels clients, in all phases of employment and labor law, from complex wage and hour class and collective actions and fast-paced cases involving the interpretation of restrictive covenants, to single-plaintiff discrimination claims, internal investigations and day-to-day human resources counseling. He also counsels clients in matters of traditional labor law, from union organization through negotiation and the administration of collective bargaining agreements.

In addition to his experience as a federal and state court litigator, Mr. Antonelli has also practiced before a number of administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and numerous state human relations commissions, the United States Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board, and Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. His appellate experience includes practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Sixth Circuits, Pennsylvania Superior Court, and Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.

Background

Mr. Antonelli received his J.D. from Duquesne University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law in 2005, where he served as the Executive Comments Editor of the 7th Volume of the Duquesne Business Law Journal. He was a member of the Louis L. Manderino Honor Society and a participant in the National First Amendment Moot Court Competition at Vanderbilt University. He received two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards. During his law school career, Mr. Antonelli completed judicial externships with Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and President Judge Joseph A. Del Sole of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. He also served as a summer intern for Pine Tree Legal Services in Portland, Maine. Mr. Antonelli graduated from Boston College in 2000, earning a B.S. in Finance from the Carroll School of Management. After graduation, he worked for two years as the Director of Operations for a privately-owned satellite television provider based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Memberships and Affiliations

Mr. Antonelli is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania and United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar associations. He is the Secretary of Allegheny County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Council, a member of the Executive Committee of the Mt. Lebanon Baseball Board of Directors and is a member of the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Boston College Alumni Association.

Mr. Antonelli was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Employment Law – Management in the 2027 edition.