Stephen F. Raiola, the former Solicitor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a versatile litigator and business lawyer who has represented companies in business negotiations, assisted companies as an outside general counsel, served on several trial teams, deposed dozens of witnesses, and led discovery strategy in nationwide litigation involving mass torts and class actions as well as matters ranging from consumer protection and privacy litigation to intellectual property, constitutional rights, product liability, and commercial litigation. His representations have been national in scope, spanning federal and state courts throughout the country, including courts in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia.
From 2025 to 2026, Stephen served as Solicitor General of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the Executive Leadership Team of the Attorney General and advised the Office on all multistate and affirmative litigation. In that role, Stephen played a key role in interviewing and retaining outside counsel, and in leading Pennsylvania’s efforts to support energy exploration and protect children online from emerging technologies. He also regularly coordinated with industry leaders and stakeholders in other states to help the office develop consumer protection priorities in addition to counseling on appellate matters in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Pennsylvania appellate courts. Stephen also regularly spoke with law students and lawyers throughout the Second and Third Circuit to discuss the emergence of State Solicitors General and the ways in which State AG Offices are driving the current litigation landscape.
Beyond his active trial-level litigation practice, Stephen has been recognized by his peers as a “Rising Star” of the Appellate Bar. He has served as counsel of record on two certiorari petitions before the U.S. Supreme Court, one of which was supported by six amici and recognized as the petition of the week by SCOTUSblog. In addition, Stephen has briefed over 20 appellate matters across seven federal circuits, the U.S. Supreme Court, the New York State Appellate Division, the California Court of Appeal, the California Supreme Court, and the Pennsylvania Superior Court. He also has presented oral argument on 10 occasions before the California Court of Appeal as well as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits, and has served as court-appointed amicus curiae for both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Stephen’s representative experience includes:
Active in community service, Stephen has performed thousands of hours of pro bono legal services for indigent litigants in U.S. Courts of Appeals throughout the country and has served in several leadership roles in the Federalist Society. Stephen serves on the Board of Live Donor project, a 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to increasing awareness about living organ donation, serves on the advisory board of SKA Robotics, a Pittsburgh-based robotics company, and serves as an Advisor to Reinforced Ventures, a venture capital firm. Previously, Stephen served as the Vice President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Federalist Society and on the Board of the D.C. Young Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society.
Stephen graduated magna cum laude from both Georgetown University Law Center and the College of the Holy Cross, where he was a Rowing National Champion. Following his graduation from Georgetown Law, Stephen served as a clerk for Judge D. Michael Fisher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.