About Stephen
Overview
Stephen is a trucking and bodily injury lawyer. His experience also includes, products liability, premises liability, and construction. Stephen is a member attorney of the firm’s logistics and rapid response section that represents insureds, motor carriers, and drivers across the state of Texas. Stephen has represented clients in catastrophic personal injury claims , wrongful death claims, commercial trucking accidents, premises injuries, and construction defect cases.
Experience
Stephen earned both his undergraduate and law degree from Louisiana State University. After graduating and earning his Louisiana law license, Stephen returned to his hometown of Houston, Texas to begin his practice.
Stephen began his career on the plaintiff’s side of litigation representing homeowners in first party insurance claims, and transitioned to insurance defense where he has represented clients for the past nine years. Stephen has represented clients throughout Texas and Louisiana on matters ranging across the legal spectrum. His practice focuses on analyzing each case to develop tailored legal strategies to benefit his clients. Stephen has helped bring favorable outcomes to clients in matters involving construction defects, premises liability, personal injury, product liability, and wrongful death cases.
Representative Matters
- Defense of motor carriers and drives in catastrophic injurie and wrongful death claims involving commercial trucking accidents
- Defense of nationally rates motor carriers in multiple injury cases across Texas.
- Defense of trailer leasing companies in commercial injury cases
- Defense of suppliers alleged to have hired substandard commercial trucking companies in catastrophic injury cases
- Defense of premises owners in multiple catastrophic personal injury cases.
- Defense of premises owners in cases of crime committed on the premises that resulted in catastrophic injury.
- Obtained summary judgment verdict in a commercial trucking wrongful death case.
- Successfully defended a water district from a temporary injunction from squatters seeking to force the company to turn on water services.
- Negotiated multiple seven figure settlements for catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims.
Associations and Memberships
- Texas Bar Association
- Louisiana Bar Association
Education
- Louisiana State University Law School Juris Doctorate 2014
- Louisiana State University Bachelor’s degree in Political Science 2011
- Louisiana State University Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism 2011
Court/Bar Admissions
- Louisiana
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas