Practice Areas

  • PERSONAL INJURY AND AUTO ACCIDENTS: How ever your injury occurred – a slip and fall accident, auto accident, assault, work accident, or a product liability accident –Steve’s personal injury practice helped clients gain fair settlements in car accidents, truck accidents, and motorcycle accidents where damages and injuries result from the negligence of others.
  • ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE: Steve will protect your assets through appropriate estate planning tools. Steve can draft your last will and testament, living will, healthcare surrogate, and work through the details of probate and estate administration.
  • CRIMINAL DEFENSE: In any criminal matter – from speeding tickets to felonies, Steve will protect your rights. Steve will be your voice in your time of need.
  • FAMILY LAW: Thinking about divorce or dissolution of marriage? Steve will represent you in those or any other domestic law matter including adoption, paternity, and post-decree modifications of child support or custody.
  • CIVIL RIGHTS LAW: Think you have been deprived of property, business licenses or other rights by government employees without due process of law? Steve will represent you in federal court and bring a special action called a “1983 action” on your behalf.
  • BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW: Want to start a business? Steve works with start-up businesses and established businesses on transactions, contracts, disputes, collections, commercial litigation and other matters.
  • INSURANCE AND BUSINESS DEFENSE: Steve represents several small businesses. Steve has represented clients in the construction field and trades. He is knowledgeable about construction law issues from mechanic’s liens and contracts to litigating un-workmanlike performance at your home or business.
  • REAL ESTATE/PLANNING ZONING LAW: Steve is experienced in drafting deeds, mortgages, promissory notes, easements, and closing documents for either residential or commercial real estate transactions. Steve will conduct thorough title searches in a timely manner for real estate in order, as well as researching any liens on the property. Steve can also review existing contractual documents and attend your closing. Need a zone change for your development, whether a subdivision or variance to place a new sign on your building. Steve is experienced in planning zoning whether it’s the local Board of Adjustment, Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, or appealing a denial of map amendment, text amendment, or variance. Finally, Steve can provide representation to assist with foreclosure actions.