Practice Overview
Steve has over three decades of experience representing clients in insurance defense, product liability, coverage litigation, and appellate matters. Steve is extremely talented in writing coverage opinions, appellate briefings, and handling complex research assignments, more often leading to declaratory judgments. He has an extensive list of Published Articles and Seminar Papers, all of which are invaluable to our firm and clients.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
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Kansas, October, 1981
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Texas, May, 1982
Court Admissions
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U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
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U.S. District Court of Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
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U.S. District Court of Kansas
Education
- Kansas University, Lawrence, KS, J.D.
- Kansas University, Lawrence, KS, B.A.
Engagement
- Junior Warden, St. Anne Episcopal Church, January 2020 to January 2023
- Member: Dallas Bar Association, Tort & Insurance Practice Section
- Volunteer- Friends of Tri-City Animal Shelter
Articles & Presentations
- “Contractual Liability Issues,” IAIP-DFW Meeting, Dallas, Texas, August 8, 2013.
- “Venue and Jurisdiction in Uninsured Motorist Litigation,” NBI Seminar, Fort Worth, Texas, January 18, 2013.
- “Litigating the Duty to Indemnify,” 19th Annual Cooper & Scully Insurance Symposium,
- March 30, 2012.
- “Affirmative and Defensive Pleadings in Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation”, 18th Annual Cooper & Scully Insurance Symposium, April 1, 2011.
- “Trial Strategies for Chapter 542 Cases,” 17th Annual Cooper & Scully Insurance Symposium, April 23, 2010.
- “Theories of Waiver and Estoppel in the Duty to Defend,” 16th Annual Cooper & Scully Insurance Symposium, April 3, 2009.
- “Update on Section 541,” 15th Annual Cooper & Scully Insurance Symposium, March 28, 2008.
- “Application of the ‘Other Insurance’ Clause in Uninsured Motorist Coverage,” Published in Texas Insurance Law Journal, May, 1996.
- “Collateral Estoppel: A Bar to ‘Follow Form’ Excess Carriers?,” Published in Coverage, Volume 4, Number 5, September/October, 1994.
- “The CGL Professional Services Exclusion versus the Professional Liability Policy,” Published in CGL Reporter, Spring, 1994.
- “Coverage for Faulty Workmanship: A Comparison of Policies;” Published in Texas Insurance Law Journal, Volume 1, Number 3, 1992.
- “Sufficiency of Loss Notice: the Emerging Requirements of Prejudice:” Published in The Risk Report, June 1992.
- “Successor Liability;” Published in The Risk Report, October 1991.