Michael R. Steinmark is a seasoned trial lawyer who has successfully represented clients in a broad range of disputes, including employment, commercial, catastrophic injury and death, class action, intellectual property, and real estate cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts in Texas and across the United States. After 15 years with a highly regarded regional firm representing large banks, mortgage servicers, insurance companies, real estate conglomerates, and other big businesses primarily in defense work, Mr. Steinmark shifted his practice in 2020 to focus on representing individuals and small businesses and more as plaintiffs than defendants, although he still enjoys an active defense docket. Currently, Mr. Steinmark primarily handles the following:
- Employment cases (including employee and employer work in discrimination, retaliation, and harassment cases under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and other federal and state law, and covenants not to compete/non-competition/non-solicitation/non-circumvention claims);
- Commercial disputes (including complex commercial contract actions, lease disputes, real estate purchase/sale agreement disputes, partner disputes, and investment disputes); and
- Injury and Insurance cases (including first-party and third-party catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims, property damage claims, aviation claims, coverage actions, etc.).
A dispute resolver keen on cutting to the heart of the matter, Mr. Steinmark brings a fresh perspective to litigation based on his considerable business and real estate transactional experience that remains an active part of his practice, including business entity planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, contract negotiation and drafting (including non-compete and other employment agreements), technology licensing, trademark prosecution and policing, homeowners’ association document drafting, commercial leasing, and real property acquisitions and divestitures.
Having been involved on the planning and drafting side of many of the types of business relationships and transactions over which he now litigates, Mr. Steinmark is particularly well-equipped to identify the critical issues, strengths, and weaknesses of disputes and to successfully craft complex solutions for his clients, including both efficient trial strategies and creative settlement approaches.
