Steve Stephens

Mediator | Attorney

Areas of Expertise - Contract Disputes, Complex Commercial Transactions, Construction, Employment, Insurance Bad Faith, Professional Malpractice (Medical, Architectural, and Engineering), Personal Injury, Auto and Truck Negligence, Governmental Tort Claims, Civil Rights (including §1983).

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Steve Stephens retired as General Counsel for the OSU/A&M Board of Regents in April 2026, having served in that capacity for 12 years.  Prior to serving as General Counsel, he was a partner with the Fellers Snider law firm in Oklahoma City, where he worked for 30 years as a trial lawyer.

While serving as General Counsel he handled and supervised a wide range of litigation matters involving employment, civil rights, contract breach, construction, architectural and engineering malpractice, medical malpractice, personal injury, and governmental tort claims.  While at Fellers Snider, he represented both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation cases in various State and Federal courts.  He has successfully defended claims of insurance bad faith, personal injury, wrongful death, oilfield environmental damage, computer contract breach, construction product defects, business torts, engineering malpractice, tenure denial and putative class actions.  He also represented numerous higher education, corporate and individual plaintiffs asserting claims of breach of contract, negligence, conversion, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, product liability and professional negligence, obtaining million-dollar verdicts or settlements in more than 20 cases.  Additionally, he has represented several nationally prominent coaches, athletes, and athletic venue owners in a variety of litigated matters.

While in private practice he held an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and was recognized by numerous other rating services, including being recognized in 2014 by Best Lawyers in America as “Lawyer of the Year” in construction litigation for the State of Oklahoma.

Education 

  •  University of Oklahoma College of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1983

  • Oklahoma State University, Bachelor of Science, 1980

  • Tulane University

 Bar Admissions 

  • All district courts in the State of Oklahoma

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • United States District Court for the Eastern of Oklahoma

  • United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

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