Steve Schulte joined Fears Nachawati in February 2020, after over 15 years of exclusively representing individuals and families harmed by unsafe practices and products. Since his start with the firm, Steve has managed a docket of over approximately 4,000 IVC filter cases. Additionally, Steve co-founded and helped develop the firm's asbestos department from scratch. In a short period of time, the asbestos department has grown with the addition of staff and lawyers, and currently the firm has a large docket of asbestos cases pending in courts across the country. Steve joined the firm with vast experience representing clients in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from exposures to toxic substances like asbestos and silica, defective drugs and medical devices, car and commercial truck accidents, workplace injuries, firearms, animal attacks, premises liability, civil rights violations, as well as cases involving sexual assault and abuse and institutional concealment. Steve has tried cases and obtained recoveries for clients in state and federal courts across the United States. Steve has been repeatedly honored as a Texas Super Lawyer, and previously, had been repeatedly named to the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, an honor achieved by fewer than 3% of Texas lawyers, the Top Rated Lawyer, Best Lawyers, and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and holds the highest AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell for his ongoing and significant accomplishments in his field of practice. When not practicing law, Steve enjoys engaging in outdoor activities, traveling and scuba-diving, lifting weights, volunteering, and helping mentor law students and young lawyers in Dallas.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Asbestos & Mesothelioma
Bad Drug and Medical Device Cases
BAR ADMISSIONS
State Bar of Texas
Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
State Bar of Arkansas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas Trial Lawyers Assocation
Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation
American Association for Justice
EDUCATION
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, LL.M. (Taxation)
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D.
Southern Methodist University, B.A.
