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call from Steve. His co-counsel was sick, and he wanted to know if I would try the case with him. Of course, I said yes immediately. I spent all weekend getting up to speed. We went to trial, and it went well. The next week, the same thing happened. Steve had a case and asked if I wanted to try it with him. We went to trial and won a big verdict. After our first big verdict together and being in trial for two straight weeks, we stopped into a local suit store where Steve suggested I try some on. So, I tried on a few different suits and found some that fit really well. Well, when I came out of the dressing room, I found out Steve had already bought the suits for me. He wanted to make sure I was ready for the trials we’d be tackling together, and he was tired of seeing me wearing the same suit every single day of trial. Throughout our friendship, he encouraged me to go to every conference and seminar I could. When an opportunity to attend a trial lawyer college from the Keenan Edge came up, I was interested, but it wasn’t cheap, and I’d need to travel. But Steve was adamant. “You need to go to these,” he said. He signed me up and took care of everything. We went to a lot of the seminars together, and I constantly got better. We’d go to a seminar, come back, try a case, then do it again the next week. We did this almost nonstop for two years. It was incredible, and I learned so much.
to become an excellent trial lawyer. In his way, Steve provided me with scholarships to attend all this incredible training. It’s inspired me to pay forward his kindness. In Steve’s honor, we will be setting up a mentorship program to give young trial lawyers the opportunities Steve gave to me so his legacy can live on. Stay tuned for more in the coming months! Besides being a dynamite lawyer, Steve was an amazing father and grandfather. Family was his No. 1 priority. He was at every event for his kids and grandkids. He saved up his money to take his family on big vacations every year. I’ve become good friends with his son, Ryan, who’s an incredible person. The third of Steve’s granddaughters was born recently. She won’t get to see what a great grandpa Steve was, but I know she’ll get to learn about him through stories.
At one point before he died, I asked Steve, “Why do you do all this for me?”
“I see a lot of myself in you,” Steve told me. “I want to do everything I can to make sure you’re not just as good as I was, but better.”
That, in all his genuineness, was Steve.
–Russell Button
Steve opened my eyes to the value of mentorship. What he did for me without me even knowing was provide me with the tools and resources
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