Stephen Pate

First-party insurance, commercial insurance, extracontractual, bad faith & construction litigation.

Frequent speaker and author on insurance issues. Member, Texas State Bar Pattern Jury Charge Committee. Adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy - University of Houston Law Center. Irish Legal 100. Lexology/ILO Client Choice Award - Texas Insurance (2015). Received the 2018 Tom Segalla Award from American College of Coverage Counsel and the 2019 Andrew Hecker Award from the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. Was named President of the American College of Coverage Counsel in 2025.

Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates; Member, American Law Institute; President, American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel.

JD, Vanderbilt (1983); BA, magna cum laude, Vanderbilt (1980) Phi Beta Kappa; former clerk, United State District Court, Eastern District of Texas.