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Steve focuses on commercial litigation and business bankruptcy matters. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, including bankruptcy court. Steve handles disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, corporate governance, insurance, real property, construction, intellectual property, and energy-related issues. He also advises financial institutions and loan servicers on litigation involving mortgages and consumer lending.

Steve’s clients range from financial institutions and secured lenders to industry creditors and debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He leverages his litigation experience in bankruptcy-contested matters, including relief from stay proceedings, claims objections, and contested plan confirmations. Steve represents clients in industries such as oil and gas, media, real estate, insurance, consumer lending, and technology.

  • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation (2022-2025)
  • Super Lawyers® Texas Rising Star, Bankruptcy: Business (2020-2023)

Steve focuses on commercial litigation and business bankruptcy matters. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, including bankruptcy court. Steve handles disputes involving breach of contract, fraud, corporate governance, insurance, real property, construction, intellectual property, and energy-related issues. He also advises financial institutions and loan servicers on litigation involving mortgages and consumer lending.

Steve’s clients range from financial institutions and secured lenders to industry creditors and debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He leverages his litigation experience in bankruptcy-contested matters, including relief from stay proceedings, claims objections, and contested plan confirmations. Steve represents clients in industries such as oil and gas, media, real estate, insurance, consumer lending, and technology.

  • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation (2022-2025)
  • Super Lawyers® Texas Rising Star, Bankruptcy: Business (2020-2023)
  • Associate member, Larry E. Kelly Inn of Court
  • Member, Turnaround Management Association Central Texas Chapter
  • Member, State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section Young Lawyer’s Committee
  • Member, Austin Young Lawyer’s Association
  • Member, Austin Bankruptcy Bar Association
  • Judicial intern, U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Scott Frost, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • Intern, civil division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas
  • Judicial extern, U.S. Circuit Judge Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Judicial intern, U.S. District Judge Robert A. Junell, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • Judicial intern, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy M. Koenig, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Education

  • Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2013, Order of the Coif; comment editor, Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal; Dean’s List; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi
  • Texas A&M University, B.A., 2010, political science

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Clerkships

  • Hon. Paul W. Green, Supreme Court of Texas, 2014-2015
  • Hon. Ronald B. King, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, 2013-2014
  • Co-author, “In Desperate Times…Travelport Puts $1.15 Billion in Collateral Value Beyond the Reach of Its Creditors,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, November 30, 2020.
  • Co-author, “In Desperate Times …Travelport Puts $1.15 Billion in Collateral Value beyond the Reach of its Creditors,” Locke Lord QuickStudy, May 29, 2020.