Stephen Teague
Attorney at Law
Virginia
VA, MS
About
I am now interested in pursuing a more entrepreneurial path by providing legal services to both businesses and individuals for profit, as well as developing my own business ideas. Although I have not practiced business law extensively, I have hands-on experience negotiating contracts, managing large budgets, and administering a… read more consortium of lawyers from four Gulf states.
experience
Work History
Mississippi Center for Justice
Director of BP Oil Disaster Recovery Campaign
Jul 2012 - Oct 2015
Led practice group—supervised staff of four, instituted and carried out campaign governance policies, designed team strategies; Administered multi-state consortium of pro bono legal service providers (Gulf Justice Consortium)— managed grant awards totaling $3.3 million, drafted proposals for funding, served as chief negotiator with and liaison to Deepwater Horizon Settlement Program.
Mississippi Center for Justice
Staff Attorney
Mar 2011 - Oct 2015
Counseled and represented claimants through the various claims processes created to compensate individuals and businesses for damages stemming from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010—maintained active caseload of 200 individual clients (medical and economic) and business clients at all times, provided legal services to monolingual Spanish-speaking claimants.
Word for Word, Inc.
Freelance Translator
Jul 2006 - Aug 2007
Translated personal documents, business documents, company histories, and appliance manuals from both English to Spanish and from Spanish to English.