Steve Boutwell is the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. Steve is responsible for a wide range of strategic and tactical aspects of the firm’s business functions. He provides counsel and support to firm management, and to the leadership of the firm’s service departments. Steve works closely with attorneys and management t0 develop and implement forward-thinking approaches to talent allocation and development, information technology and knowledge management, staff and attorney training, professional development and continuing legal education, office facilities and records management, marketing and business development, legal pricing and project management, process mapping and process improvement, practice group management, firm governance, research and competitive intelligence, trial logistics and support, diversity and inclusion, and pro bono and community relations.
Steve has served as the Client Retention and Development Director at the Dallas-based law firm of Hughes & Luce, LLP (now KL Gates) and as the Chief Marketing Officer for Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP (now Bradley LLP). Prior to his career in private practice law firms, Steve served in a variety of sales, management, and publishing roles for Texas Lawyer newspaper (a division of American Lawyer Media) in Dallas, Austin, and Houston, Texas.
Steve enjoys saltwater fishing, collegiate sports, NFL football, mountain biking, hiking, and watercraft.
- LSU, B.A., 1988
- “Your Honor Award,” Second Place, Social/Interactive Media, Legal Marketing Association, 2015
- “Your Honor Award,” Honorable Mention, Advertising Campaign, Legal Marketing Association, 2013
- “Marketer of the Year,” Sales and Marketing Executives of Greater Baton Rouge, 2010
- “Your Honor Award,” First Place, Promotional Events, Legal Marketing Association, 2007
- “Your Honor Award,” First Place, Branding Campaign, Legal Marketing Association, 2002