Over the course of his 40 year career, Steve has become a trusted advisor and advocate for an impressive array of clients including the Board of Directors and Senior Management of publicly traded and privately held companies, high-net-worth families, real estate development and investment firms, professional athlete management ventures, professional and collegiate athletes, emerging technology companies and some of the largest church and ministry organizations in the country.

Steve received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa academic society. He received his law degree in 1982 from Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri where he served as an Executive Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly.

His primary areas of practice concentration include general business, corporate planning and drafting, business mergers and acquisitions, commercial and residential real estate, sports and entertainment, intellectual property, branding protection strategies as well as church and ministry organization matters.

In 1986, Steve led the legal team that secured a sweeping ruling in a music copyright infringement case on behalf of Van Halen Music which has been recognized in 138 subsequent citing references including Federal Appellate and District Courts, the Nimmer Copyright Treatise as well as various Law Journals and Law Review publications. This case is also presently cited in the State of California Pattern Jury Instructions.

He is licensed to practice law in Arkansas, Colorado and Texas.

Steve was selected for recognition in the 29th Edition of Best Lawyers In America® for his work in Real Estate Law.