JERRY T. STEED was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on July 20, 1946, and was reared in Wichita Falls, Texas. Jerry is married to Barbara Anne Bailey Steed, and they have two children, Carrie Anne Steed and Michael Bailey Steed. Jerry received his B.B.A. degree from Midwestern State University in 1969, and his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1972. Jerry began his legal career as a prosecutor and assistant city attorney for the City of Dallas. He later acted as a litigator for the City of Dallas, and was assistant legal counsel for the Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport Board (by assignment) in 1974 and 1975. In 1979 Jerry entered private practice in Dallas with The True Firm (later True & McLain). In 1984 Jerry left True & McLain to become a founding member of the San Antonio firm of Baucum Steed Barker. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; and the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas. Jerry also is a member of the San Antonio Bar Association, State Bar of Texas (sections: litigation, real estate, probate and trust); Texas Academy of Real Estate Lawyers, and the Texas Land Title Association. He is certified as a specialist in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Among Jerry's reported cases that were orally argued successfully in the Texas Supreme Court is O'Dell v. First National Bank of Kerrville, 856 S.W.2d 410 (Tex. 1993) and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals are Vogal v. Veneman, 276 F3d 729 (5th Cir. 2002) and Perry v. Dearing, 345 F.3d 303 (5th Cir. 2003).

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