Mary Margaret Steinle > Baker Botts L.L.P. > Austin, United States > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
98 SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD
SUITE 1500
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701-4078
TEXAS
United States
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Mary Margaret Steinle
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Mary Margaret represents clients in civil matters across the nation in both federal and state courts. Her practice spans a variety of subject matters including securities fraud, entertainment, intellectual property, and energy. She has substantial experience in all aspects of complex, high stakes civil litigation including managing large scale discovery projects, briefing and arguing dispositive motions, taking and defending depositions, and presenting and cross-examining witnesses in jury trials. Mary Margaret also has a robust appellate practice, where she has prepared a number of appellate briefs in both state and federal courts and has presented appellate oral arguments for a number of clients.
Before joining Baker Botts, Mary Margaret clerked for the Honorable Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht of the Supreme Court of Texas for the 2017-2018 term.
Mary Margaret also devotes a significant amount of her time and energy to pro bono representation in the State of Texas. She serves on the Board of Directors for Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas and is on the Leadership Council for the Andy Roddick Foundation.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Education
J.D., University of Mississippi School of Law 2016
Robert J. Farley Award Recipient
2016 Phi Delta Phi Outstanding Graduate
National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition Champion, 2015 & 2016
B.S., Mississippi State University 2013
summa cum laude
Leisure
Outside the firm, Mary Margaret enjoys spending time outdoors with her dog, Judge, and competing in dressage competitions with her horse, Jaguar.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense