stephen litchfield
attorney and managing partner, litchfield malone mcdonald, LLP
Stephen Litchfield is an attorney and Managing Partner of Litchfield Malone McDonald LLP based in Newport Beach, California. He has spent his entire career counseling, educating, and advocating on behalf of design professionals across the United States and currently represents thirty-four firms on this year’s ENR Top 500 Design Firms, including four of the Top Ten and thirteen of the Top 100.
His practice includes risk management, claims management, insurance coverage, and litigation, and he brings a significant breadth of industry-specific knowledge to bear for his clients, with a particular focus on emerging industry trends such as the evolving standard of care, Artificial Intelligence in design, and the various ways that design professionals can conceptualize and manage risk in the face of a rapidly evolving environmental and technological landscape.