A seasoned attorney with nearly two decades of applied professional experience, Steven Bangerter currently heads the Oakland, California-based firm Bangerter Sheppard, PC in the capacity of Managing Partner, a role he has maintained since co-founding the company in 2005. Also overseeing Bangerter Sheppard’s offices in Los Angeles and St. George, Utah, he holds an A.V. Preeminent 5.0 rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a distinction only extended to an elite group of lawyers who have risen to the upper echelons of their chosen field.

Long affiliated with the American Bar Association (ABA), Steven Bangerter strives to uphold and promote the organization’s foundational tenets through his work as a litigator and negotiator, utilizing his extensive legal understanding to ensure appropriate administration of justice in every case he and his colleagues at Bangerter Sheppard, PC undertake. As a private sector member of the ABA, Mr. Bangerter devotes a considerable amount of attention toward advocating for improved understanding of our nation’s legal system in the public sphere, a responsibility closely intertwined with the pro bono representation he extends to a limited number of deserving clients. Defined as legal counsel offered free of charge to individuals or business enterprises that lack the financial resources to acquire the assistance of a lawyer, pro bono work functions as scale of balance, protecting the less fortunate in courtroom proceedings and mediation resolutions. 

Under American Bar Association guidelines, member affiliates such as Steven Bangerter are strongly encouraged to provide at least 50 hours of pro bono service on an annual basis, a recommendation that varies in nature of hourly contributions depending on the specific standards contained within the bylaws of particular state’s Bar Association. To this end, Mr. Bangerter accepts pro bono clients on a case-by-case basis, although he fully supports the ABA in its national pro bono initiatives that include the ABA Military Pro Bono Project and the Center for Pro Bono, an agency operating under the auspice of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service.