W. Stephen "Steve" Benesh

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Personal Information

W. Stephen “Steve” Benesh was appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas to the Board of Law Examiners in 2025. Steve is the 2024-25 President of the State Bar of Texas. His prior positions of service to the legal profession include Chair of the Texas Bar Foundation, Chair of the State Bar Annual Meeting, President of the Austin Bar Association, and President of the Robert W. Calvert American Inn of Court. Steve has spent his entire legal career with Bracewell LLP, where he practices commercial litigation in the firm’s Austin office. He obtained both his undergraduate degree and his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.