Steve grew up in Arlington, Texas and went to college at The University of Texas at Arlington.  While in college, Steve worked as an automotive mechanic to pay for school. Steve later graduated from The University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 2000.  He practiced criminal defense law and family law for the first couple of years he was a lawyer.

For the better part of the last twenty years, Steve practiced personal injury law as a defense lawyer, working with several insurance companies.  As a result, he has a unique perspective as to how insurance companies operate and evaluate injury claims. Steve has tried over 100 jury trials in his career as a lawyer.