Stephanie Kaiser

Practice Areas

A problem-solver par excellence, Stephanie combines a litigator’s eye for detail with practical-minded business savvy to help clients identify and address enterprise risk, both in and out of court.

Clients count on Stephanie to provide sound judgment and practical guidance on a wide array of business and legal challenges. She routinely represents businesses, corporate executives, and boards of directors across multiple industries, including financial services, general and tower construction, healthcare, security systems and equipment, real estate, and energy.

Stephanie’s versatile litigation practice encompasses complex commercial litigation, matters involving bankruptcy and adversary proceedings, antitrust, intellectual property disputes, and regulatory proceedings. Stephanie has developed a reputation for successfully representing clients in bet-the-company or high-profile cases ranging from fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duties, wrongful death, workplace disputes and personnel matters to unfair competition, intellectual property infringement cases, Lanham Act allegations, and lease disputes.

As a member of the firm’s Financial Services & Capital Markets industry team, Stephanie has particular experience representing creditors in a variety of troubled commercial loan and consumer finance disputes. She has handled matters related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Equal Credit Opportunity Act, as well as those related to consumer protection laws, the Dodd–Frank Act, and potential regulatory enforcement actions.

She regularly provides guidance on how to identify and manage risk, develops policies and procedures, addresses and resolves internal conflicts and personnel disputes, and provides training and consulting to all levels within the organization. She routinely advises clients in connection with distressed assets, special assets, and restructurings, and she develops custom loans, participation agreements, and loan syndication documentation. She routinely advises on general compliance matters and works with clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions and post-merger activity.

More than a litigator, Stephanie is a trusted business advisor. She often serves as outside general counsel charged with developing comprehensive legal strategies that address multiple interconnected and complex legal issues. She also consistently serves as a consultant and legal advisor to boards of directors and management members on corporate governance matters, including Bylaws, committee formation, charters, policies, fiduciary duties, and management-board relationships. Stephanie routinely participates in client-related workshops and trainings on various topics of interest to her clients.

Professional Memberships

Collections and Creditors’ Rights Planning Committee, State Bar of Texas

Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow

Education