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File No. SV—2026/Q2 Established 1962 New York · London · Singapore

Counsel for the
moments that decide
everything that follows.

Sterling & Voss is a private practice of trial lawyers, deal makers, and quiet advisors. We work with founders, families, and institutions through the matters that define them.

62

Years in practice

$28B+

In transactions advised

94%

Trial verdicts in favor

III

Continents · 9 jurisdictions

§ II — Approach

How counsel
should feel.

Three commitments we keep on every matter — institutional and individual.

01

Plain language.

Strategy that survives the elevator. We render complex matters in language a board can decide on, in a paragraph a client can repeat.

02

Senior attention.

Partner-led teams from origination to outcome. The lawyer who answers the call is the lawyer who tries the case.

03

Long horizons.

We measure success in decades, not billables. Most of our clients have been with us through more than one chapter of their life.

Sterling & Voss carried our family through three decades — a generational sale, two estates, one quiet crisis. They were the only call we ever needed to make.

Margaret H. Winters

Chair Emerita, Winters & Sons (private)

§ III — The Bench

Counsel of record.

Full directory
Eleanor R. Sterling
NY Bar · 1988

Eleanor R. Sterling

Founding Partner · Litigation

Theodore K. Voss
Harvard Law · 1991

Theodore K. Voss

Managing Partner · Corporate

Adaeze N. Okonkwo
Yale Law · 2003

Adaeze N. Okonkwo

Partner · Private Wealth

For matters of consequence

Begin a conversation.

Most engagements begin with a single, confidential call. Tell us briefly what you are facing — we will respond within one business day.