Jad J. Stepp

Jad Stepp is an experienced business and trial attorney licensed by the State Bar of Texas for over 40 years. He is also licensed in the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and selected Federal District Courts in Texas. He attended the University of Texas as well as St. Mary’s University School of Law, where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1980 and Texas Bar Admission in May 1981. After graduation, he served as a Law Clerk for Federal District Judges Owen Cox and Hayden Head, Jr., and thereafter was an adjunct Professor at Texas A&M University, Galveston, in Admiralty Law as well as in Accounting, while building his practice with several large firms in Houston. He has enjoyed a distinguished career as a trial lawyer in Aviation litigation, Admiralty litigation, as well as Personal Injury and Death litigation. 

Through his experience in Business, Inheritance/Probate, Land/Property, and Guardianship cases, Jad has also gained a wealth of knowledge in Estate Planning and Legacy Planning.  His experience allows for a better understanding of his clients’ needs as well as the pitfalls that can occur in the future.  This translates into a definite plan for you to manage and protect your wealth through the drafting of different documents used to express your intentions for your assets both during your lifetime and upon your death.  Those may include Wills, Revocable Living Trusts, other types of Trusts, lifetime gifting, life estates, joint ownership, company agreements, and buy/sell agreements, to mention just a few.

Mr. Stepp holds an AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which is a peer review rating held by only 10% of attorneys who exhibit the highest skill levels and integrity.  He has also achieved a 10 Rating by AVVO and has been selected as a Lawyer of Distinction.  Mr. Stepp is a member of the Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Sections as well as the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas.

Mr. Stepp is also a Certified Mediator and has mediated hundreds of cases representing Plaintiffs and or Defendants. He clearly can advise you regarding the benefits of mediation and whether mediation is the right solution for your case. There are many factors involved in this decision, and he will discuss each of those with you so that a meaningful decision can be made regarding whether mediation is the best method to successfully conclude your litigation.

Last but certainly not least, Jad is a Christian and a family man. He loves his native Texas. In his spare time, Jad enjoys helping his community, the youth, and the elderly through church, as well as astronomy, photography, piloting drones, and traveling.