Community Involvement:
Judge - 2010 ABA Client Counseling Regional Competition (SMU)
Judge - 2010 SMU Law School Voire Dire Competition
Judge - 2010 and 2011 Jackson Walker Moot Court Competition (SMU)
Advisory Board Member, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas, Turner Courts and Frazier Courts
South Dallas Legal Clinic Volunteer, Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
Volunteer Teacher, Dallas Bar Association Law in the Schools Program
Volunteer, Dallas Bar Association Home Project (Habitat for Humanity)

Legal Associations:
American Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Work Experience:
Mr. Steinmark’s litigation experience encompasses representation of financial institutions, insurers, employers, outdoor advertising companies, and other businesses in a broad range of commercial, personal injury, and employment disputes, including regulatory, eminent domain, contract, insurance defense, and lending matters. He handles pre-suit demands, initial pleadings, written discovery, depositions, court appearances, trial preparation, trial, and settlement. Mr. Steinmark also has experience in appellate cases and alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration.

Mr. Steinmark’s transactional experience includes prosecution of federal and state trademark applications, representation of startup and existing private and public businesses in outside general counsel matters, business entity planning and formation, corporate governance, contracts, employment, and real estate issues. Mr. Steinmark also has experience representing landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions, and real estate developers in the creation of property owners associations for planned developments and condominiums.

Selected in 2010 Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Edition and featured in Texas Monthly Magazine, March 2010.

Articles and Presentations:

Author, The Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States): A Mexican Perspective on the Fight for Consular Rights, 10 Law & Bus. Rev. Am. 417 (2004)

Co-Author, Eminent Domain Negotiations: Can the Government Force One Property Owner to Negotiate with Another, SettlePou Newsletter, Vol 3, Issue 3 (August 2006)

Co-Author, You Take It, You Buy It: Texas Courts Require Condemning Authorities to Compensate Billboard Property Owners for their Interests, SettlePou Newsletter, Vol. 5, Issue 1 (June 2008).

Co-Author, New Modification Program Could Be Beacon of Hope in the Seemingly Hopeless World of Trouble Mortgages, SettlePou Newsletter, Vol. 6, Issue 2 (May 2009).

Co-Author, Tenants’ Rights under Unrecorded Leases, SettlePou Newsletter, Volume 7, Issue 2 (May 2010)

Author, The Internet and Personal Jurisdiction: When Can a Non-resident be Sued in Texas Courts Based on Its Website?, SettlePou Newsletter, Volume 7, Issue 3 (August 2010)

Author, Personal Liability Pitfalls in Failing to Maintain Corporate Filings, Books and Records, SettlePou Newsletter, Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 2011).

Speaker, “New and Less Commonly Used Rules of Civil Procedure,” September 28, 2011, Dallas Areal Paralegal Association Litigation Section, Belo Mansion, Dallas, Texas.

Reported Cases:

Schriver v. Texas Department of Transportation, 293 S.W.3d 846 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2009, no pet.).