Stephanie J. Stradley

Of Counsel

Phone (713) 489-2358
Fax (713) 236-1886

Stephanie Stradley is "Of Counsel" to the firm and assists the partners with time intensive, special projects.

Background and Education

With her father in the Air Force, Stephanie moved throughout the United States before finally settling in Houston. She went to high school in northwest Houston at Cypress Creek where she excelled in academic speech and debate. She continued her competition in speech and debate in college at Trinity University.

At The University of Texas School of Law, Stephanie graded onto the American Journal of Criminal Law after her first year, and became a member of their editorial staff in her second year. She received the Texas Ex Scholarship her first year after obtaining one of the three highest first year grade point averages. As a third year student, she was chosen to be what called at Texas a "Teaching Quizmaster" or "TQ" for short. A TQ teaches first year law students on the proper methods for legal research and writing, and serves as a peer mentor.

After graduating, she chose to work in-house for Chevron and then later Marathon Oil Company. In 2000, to obtain time flexibility in raising her children, she joined her husband Bill's firm.

Personal

In her personal life, Stephanie demonstrates an immense enthusiasm for living. On a whim, in 2001, she became a contestant across from Regis Philbin on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and won $64,000.

She is a big sports fan, particularly of Houston teams, and has a particular love of the Houston Texans. She was a four time finalist of the Ultimate Texan Fan contest, and in 2006 was named Ultimate Fan. As a winner, the Texans provided her with an all expense-paid trip to Miami for the Super Bowl.

Stephanie is a professional writer on the subject of sports, writing a Houston Texans blog for the Houston Chronicle online called "Texans Chick," and on sports in general for AOL Sports' FanHouse. In 2010, her entertaining and unorthodox style led The Houston Press to name her Chronicle blog as one of the 10 most notable blogs in Houston in its article entitled "Blog Stars."

She also writes about the intersection of law and sports. Due to her clear analysis of the contractual issues relating to the Patriots' "Spygate" controversy, she was quoted in the New York Times to translate the legal terms into something more easily understood by non-lawyers.