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Steve Nelson is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of SureTec Insurance Company and President of SureTec Information Systems, Inc. Prior to SureTec, Steve practiced construction law for twenty years in Dallas, Texas, and was CEO of a large commercial construction company in Central Texas for six years.
Steve is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and its School of Law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and a past Chairman of the Construction Law Sections of the State Bar of Texas, Austin Bar Association, and Dallas Bar Association. He is active in the ABA Fidelity & Surety Committee, the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, the Surety Claims Institute, and National Bond Claims Institute.
Steve oversees SureTec’s Claims, Funds Disbursement, and Subcontractor Prequalification operations, mediates construction industry disputes for others, and teaches construction and procurement law and dispute resolution at the University of Texas, where he is an adjunct faculty member in its School of Engineering. Steve is a Fellow of the Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution and a Distinguished Credentialed Mediator by the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association.
Steve is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Austin Community College Foundation, Past-President of Austin Recovery Center, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. He has chaired or co-chaired the statewide Legislative Committee for the AGC Texas Building Branch since 1997.
Steve and his wife, Betsy, have four children, three grandchildren, and live in Austin, Texas.
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