Stephen Kunken is a former officer of the Suffolk Academy of Law, serving as Associate Dean from 1992-1993 and was Co-Chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association. After working as a trial attorney with the Nassau County Legal Aid Society for ten years, he entered private practice. He is now a solo practitioner concentrating in the areas of criminal law and personal injury; he serves also as the Village Justice for the Village of Huntington Bay.