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Anthony Upshaw

Anthony (Tony) Upshaw represents clients in product defense, class actions, mass tort, and complex civil litigation. Over the course of his career, Tony has tried more than 35 civil jury trials to verdict. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Often asked by clients and colleagues to “step into the breach” as trial counsel, Tony has been recognized nationally for his ability to relate to juries across the country. He frequently speaks at legal association functions, particularly on voir dire, trial technique, and diversity in the courtroom.

Tony has been a featured speaker at the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) Congress in Paris, France, presented “Hot Topics in Product Liability Litigation” at the DRI Conference in New Orleans, and testified at the hearings for the American Bar Association (ABA) Presidential Diversity Summit in Boston.

In 2017, Tony was appointed the Firm’s Global Head of Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and continues to serve in that role today. He also holds a seat on the Firm’s Executive Committee.

Results & Representative Matters

Serves as national trial counsel for Bayer/Monsanto in various mass tort litigation.

Member of the McDermott team serving as national coordinating counsel for Honeywell International’s Bendix asbestos docket.

Lead counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in follow-up cases to the national flight attendant class action lawsuit against the tobacco industry.

Represented a major oil company in benzene exposure litigation in Florida and New Jersey.

Defends major companies in product liability class actions, including pharmaceutical, asbestos, and pollution claims.

Recognitions

Community Involvement

Credentials

Education

Admissions

Delisa Williams

Over twenty years of experience in various areas of law. Attorney Delisa Williams graduated from the University of New Orleans with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in history in 1994 and earned her Juris Doctorate in 1998 from the University of Richmond.

Stefanie Major McGregor

Stefanie Major McGregor is the Co-Chair Commercial/Business Litigation Section in the Dallas office of Godwin Bowman PC, focusing her practice on commercial litigation matters. She represents clients in both the prosecution and defense of a wide range of cases before state and federal courts around the country. Stefanie’s practice covers a broad range of areas, with an emphasis on complex litigation, environmental and oil and gas litigation, major family law disputes (custody, property division, etc.), property disputes, and disputes involving trusts and estates. Notably, she was an important member of the Firm’s trial team in the successful defense of Halliburton in connection with all civil litigation and investigations concerning BP’s Macondo well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest environmental lawsuit in the history of the United States.

Stefanie clerked for the Louisiana Supreme Court for one year and later became a Senior Research Attorney.

Reflecting the excellence of her practice, Stefanie has been honored six times with selection to Thomson Reuters’ Texas Rising Stars, which recognizes the top young attorneys in the State of Texas.

She received a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 2002 and a B.S. in Political Science from Texas A&M University in 1999.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Environmental

Litigation

Appellate

HONORS & AWARDS

ADMITTED PRACTICE

MEMBER

EDUCATION

COMMUNITY

Sharon Coffee Baxter

Sharon is a Shareholder and the managing attorney over the day-to-day activities of MVBA’s Appraisal District Litigation team. Previously, she served eight years as the Senior Litigation Attorney for the Travis Central Appraisal District.

Education

Professional Qualifications

Sharon Steele

Sharon Steele is an attorney who has been a long-term supporter/volunteer to the CBP business community, since 2016.

She has an extensive background in government contracting and has practiced at a number of firms including Lockheed Martin, Kellogg Brown & Root, NANA Development Corporation and most recently as a solo practitioner with Steele Law Offices, LLC, serving the small business community.

Steele currently holds a seat as a Commissioner with the Fairfax County Economic Advisory Commission.

Sharon Steele is certified with a Green Belt in Lean6Sigma, a graduate of James Madison, and received her Juris Doctorate from Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson School of Law.

Licenses and certifications include:

Sharon also provides up-to-date legal information for “Government Matters” on Channel 8.

Sharon currently lives in Centreville, VA and enjoys yoga and cycling.