Stephen Michael Johns

STEPHEN M. JOHNS was born in Wilmington, Delaware, May 31, 1972. He graduated from MacArthur High School (San Antonio) in 1990, and The University of Texas at Austin in 1994 with a B.B.A. in Finance. In 1997, Stephen received his J.D., cum laude, from The University of Houston Law Center and his M.B.A., summa cum laude, from The University of Houston’s Bauer Graduate College of Business. He began his legal career in the Corporate & Securities Section of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. in Houston, Texas, where he was extensively involved with numerous public securities offerings, project and structured financings, and other related corporate governance matters. In 1999, Stephen moved to Austin, Texas and began working in the Business & Technology Section of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, where he was responsible for the venture capital financings and continuing corporate and business representation of over 40 separate start-up technology companies specializing in the areas of hardware, software, and biotechnology. Building on his legal, business and technology experiences, he then worked as in-house counsel for Dell Computer Corporation, where he was counsel to the high-end servers and storage business groups. For the past 6 years, Stephen has focused his practice on assisting small and mid-market companies with all of their legal and business needs, especially those relating to entity selection and formation, financing and day-to-day contractual and licensing issues. Stephen’s areas of practice include corporate and business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and estate planning. Stephen and his wife Anna (née Pankey), originally of Jonesboro, Arkansas, have two sons – Damian and Xander. Stephen enjoys cycling, racquet sports, golf and spending time with his family.