McCabe, Ted

Steve Maxwell is a native Texan, born in Amarillo and raised in Midland. He attended Trinity University where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1972. He then received his law degree from the University of Texas of Austin in 1975. He moved to Fort Worth upon his graduation from law school.

He served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Fort Worth from 1976 to 1977. After leaving the City Attorney's office, he has been in private practice ever since. He currently is a partner with the Bailey & Galyen Law Firm, where he specializes in civil litigation with an emphasis on personal injury litigation. He has been board-certified in personal injury trial law since 1984.

Steve has served as President of the Fort Worth Jaycees (1979-1980), President of the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association (1989-1990), and President of the Tarrant County Bar Association (1999-2000). He has also served as an elected director of the State Bar of Texas (2001-2004). He has been recognized as an “Attorney of Excellence" by the Fort Worth Business Press from 2003 to 2005, and has also been recognized as a “Fort Worth Texas Top Attorney" by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine from 2003 through 2012. Texas Monthly Magazine has recognized Steve as a “Texas Super Lawyer" every year since 2004. He has been listed in the Fort Worth Business Press “Who's Who" for 2001, and in the “Who's Who in Texas" for 1990. He was recognized as an “Outstanding Young Man of America" in 1980. In 2012, he was honored by the Tarrant County Bar Association with the “Professionalism Award."

Steve currently serves as the Chairman of the Tarrant County Democratic Party, a post to which he was elected in 2008. He has been re-elected twice to that position. He attended the Democratic National Convention in 2008, and serves as a delegate to the Texas Democratic Convention.

Steve's trial practice has included over one hundred jury trials, including Consumer and Deceptive Trade Practice Act cases, medical malpractice cases, and commercial litigation. He has also served as a mediator for more than twenty years. Steve has successfully mediated more than five hundred cases. He has previously served as a Board Member, and as Vice President, of Dispute Resolution of Tarrant County.

He and his wife, Ivy, have three children, one grandchild and a menagerie of pets.