Background
Rawls, R. Steven was born on October 22, 1956 in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.
Rawls, R. Steven was born on October 22, 1956 in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.
University of South Florida (B.I.S., 1987). University of Florida (Juris Doctor, 1991).
Worked at Butler, Burnette & Pappas (Tampa, Florida) specializing in Insurance Defense Practice including Property, Casualty, Pollution and Hazardous Waste, Product and General Liability Actions, Workers" Compensation, Bad Faith Litigation, Large Loss Subrogation and General Corporate Defense Litigation. Commercial Litigation and General Corporate. Admitted to the bar, 1992, Florida.
Phi Theta Kappa.
Phi Kappa Phi. Order of the Barrister. President, University of Florida Trial Team, 1990.
Teaching Fellow, University of Florida Legal Research and Writing. Company-Author: "Recurring Issues in Insurance Disputes." Member: Hillsborough County and American Bar Association.
The Florida Bar; Defense Research Institute.
Member, James C. Adkins Inn of Court. Butler, Burnett & Pappas is a full service defense firm founded in 1979. Its practice encompasses all areas of tort and insurance law and the defense of self-insureds.
In addition, the firm has served as coordinating counsel for a number of carriers overseeing the handling of bad faith cases and premises liability claims involving violent crimes.
Member, James C. Adkins Inn of Court.