Mr Stephen Benesh > Bracewell LLP > Austin, United States > Lawyer Profile
Bracewell LLP Offices
111 CONGRESS AVENUE, STE 2300
AUSTIN, TX 78701-4061
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Mr Stephen Benesh
Work Department
Litigation
Position
A seasoned business litigator in his 32nd year of practice at Bracewell, Steve Benesh brings his experience and judgment to bear in helping his clients reach the best resolution of their issues, whether that means vigorously protecting those interests in the courtroom or working collaboratively to reach a common-sense resolution outside the courtroom. He has represented clients in diverse matters, including securities, class action, business torts, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, deceptive trade practices, breach of contract, and products liability. Steve has first chair jury and non-jury trial experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration and mediation experience.
Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 1987; B.B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1984
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Centered from its Texas-based offices, Bracewell LLP is particularly skilled at defending energy companies, as well as their officers and directors, in securities class actions, derivative shareholder actions and regulatory investigations. Here the team, which is headed from Houston by Tony Visage, works in a very synergistic manner alongside transactional lawyers (who add extra insight into underlying securities matters), as well as white-collar/investigations lawyers – particularly as it relates to regulatory enforcement aspects. In Austin, Stephen Benesh is National Banking Association’s “go-to” national counsel for securities cases relating to the bank’s oil and gas royalty trust business.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate