Steven Mark Zager

Background

Zager, Steven Mark was born on November 16, 1958 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Jack and Sylvia (Bloomfield) Zager.

Education

Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1979. Juris Doctor, 1983). Who’s Who in American Law. Adjunct Professor, University of Houston School of Law.

Career

Associate Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, 1983-1986, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Houston, 1986-1990, partner, 1990-1998, head Houston office litigation section, 1994-1996. Managing partner Texas offices Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Austin, 1999—2001, firm operations committee, 1999—2003, head national litigation group, 2001—2003. Partner Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, since 2003, head intellectual property practice, since 2007, member management committee, since 2009.

Adjunct professor University Houston School Law, 1990—1995. National advisory board NALP, 1996—1999.

Achievements

• Bar: Texas 1984, United States District Court (all districts) Texas 1984, United States District Court Arizona 1992, United States District Court (District of Columbia) 1998, United States Court Appeals (5th, 6th, and 11th circuits) 1983, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1991, United States Court Appeals (Federal circuit) 1997, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1991.

Works

• Other Work

  • "Invoking the Rule of Sequestration of Witnesses During Discovery in Civil Cases," 52 Tex. B. J. 662 June, 1989.

Membership

Board directors, executive committee Alley Theatre, Houston, 1988-1996, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Houston, 1984-1988. Advisory board Montgomery Bell Academy, 1996-2004, chairman, since 2004. Board directors Volunteer Legal Services Central Texas, 2000-2001 (board trustees since 2004), television Station KLRU, 2001-2003, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, since 2005, Houston Arboreum, 2005-2007, board Vanderbilt Law School, since 2007.

Member American Bar Association (litigation section), State Bar Texas (director 1997-1998, Frank J. Scurlock award 1991), Houston Bar Association (secretary 1996-1997, vice president 1997-1998, board directors 1993-1996, 2004-2006, chair law and arts committee 1994, chair administration of justice committee 1995, rodeo committee 1997, chair law and media committee 2004, chair community service task force 2004, Outstanding Young Lawyer in Houston 1991, President's award 1996-1998), Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program (board directors 1997-1998, chair 1998), Travis County Bar Association (board directors 2001-2003, chair bench bar program 2000, chair, 2003, judicial affairs committee 1999-2000), Federal Bar Association, American board Trial Advocates.

Connections

Married Debra D'Angelo. Children: Samantha, Amanda, Kathryn, Jackson.

Father:

Jack Zager

Mother:

Sylvia (Bloomfield) Zager

Spouse:

Debra D'Angelo

child:

Samantha Zager

child:

Amanda Zager

child:

Kathryn Zager

child:

Jackson Zager