Stephen F. Lazor San Antonio, Texas
| Senior Attorney | |
| phone | 210-888-9540 877-220-0867 |
| fax | 210-225-6235 |
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Stephen F. Lazor has enjoyed a distinguished thirty-six year legal career during which he has litigated cases on behalf of individuals and families who have been harmed or have lost loved ones as a result of medical negligence, industrial accidents, unsafe premises, vehicular collisions, and defective products. In addition to his earning the respect of his peers and adversaries for his proven skills as a litigator, Stephen is known for his legal scholarship. After graduating summa cum laude from Harvard College, with a degree in biology; Stephen attended the University of Texas School of Law, where he graduated first in his class of more than five hundred students. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly, in 2010 and 2011. Stephen has earned the respect of the medical and legal communities as reflected by his being selected to serve as Chairman of the Medical-Legal Liaison Committee of the San Antonio Bar Association and the Bexar County Medical Society for the calendar years 1999-2000, 2004-2005, 2009-2010, and 2010-2011. Stephen handles cases in state and federal courts throughout the state of Texas.
- Areas of Practice:
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Vehicular Collisions
- Unsafe Premises
- Industrial Accidents
- Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 1975
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1975
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1979
- Education:
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas,
1975
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Chancellors, Grand Chancellor
Honors: Graduated First in Class
Law Review: Texas Law Review, Articles Editor, 1974 - 1975 - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1971
A.B., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Major: Biology
- Published Works:
- Jury Trial in Employment Discrimination Cases - Constitutionally Mandated? 53 Texas Law Review 483, 1975
- Representative Cases:
- Broussard v. Southern Pac. Transp. Co., 665 F.2d 1387 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1982)
- Royal Drug Co., Inc. v. Group Life & Health Ins. Co., 556 F.2d 1375 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1977)
- Schley v. Structural Metals, Inc., 595 S.W.2d 572 (Tex.Civ.App.-Waco 1979)
- Honors and Awards:
- Texas Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters, as published in Texas Monthly, Plaintiff Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice, 2010 and 2011.
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- San Antonio Bar Association
- Member
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- American Association for Justice, formerly American Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Member
- Former Master, William S. Sessions Inn of Court (part of American Inns of Court)
