Steve rejoined O’Melveny in 2013 after serving as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the US Commerce Secretary. Steve also served as Executive Director of SelectUSA, the federal initiative to create jobs by attracting increased investment in the United States from international businesses. Steve built the SelectUSA program and under his leadership, it helped channel more than US$25 billion in new foreign direct investment and handled a pipeline of over 800 in-bound investment matters from businesses all over the world, helping to navigate the US regulatory environment.
Steve has been recognized by Chambers and Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in the area of White-Collar Criminal Defense. The 2018 edition of Chambers USA quotes a client who describes Steve as “smart” and “talented” and notes that “he really has a very, very good touch in terms of negotiations” and “can make on-the-spot calls which inevitably turn out to be right and he has a sixth sense when it comes to governmental agencies.” Steve has also repeatedly been recognized as among the “Most Influential People in Los Angeles” by The Los Angeles Business Journal.
Steve has served as O’Melveny’s firmwide Talent Development Partner, firmwide Hiring Partner, and a member of the Partner Admissions Committee.
