Amanda L. Crawford-Steger

AMANDA STEGER is a litigator and trial lawyer who focuses her practice on product liability, toxic tort, and mass tort litigation.

Amanda has experience managing the coordination of national litigation and trial strategies across complex litigation pending in state and federal courts nationwide, including leadership roles in multidistrict litigation. Having appeared as trial counsel in numerous federal and state courts across the country, Amanda approaches each matter with a trial-focused mindset from day one, helping clients develop cohesive strategies that position cases for successful outcomes — whether through dispositive motion practice, agreement, or verdict. Her experience includes drafting and arguing critical motions and appeals, leading pretrial briefing and evidentiary strategy, preparing key witnesses for deposition and trial testimony, and coordinating all aspects of trial preparation. Amanda has presented witnesses in federal court, taken and defended fact, expert, and company depositions, regularly argued key issues in courts across the country, and managed mock trials aimed at honing trial strategy.

Before law school, Amanda worked in public service and the nonprofit sector, including as an AmeriCorps VISTA, advocating for initiatives that improved the lives of Texas children. She continues to bring that same commitment, discipline, and sense of purpose to her advocacy for clients and her community.

• Merck as a member of the trial team that secured a complete defense jury verdict in a three-week product liability trial in Cook County, Illinois involving allegations that a consumer talcum powder product contained asbestos and caused mesothelioma. Won directed verdict on plaintiff’s claims for punitive damages mid-trial.
• Clients in multidistrict litigation with related state court actions involving pharmaceuticals, cosmetic products, and chemicals.
• Member of the legal team that secured a rare claim construction victory invalidating a patent asserted against GR Energy and Wellmatics (oil and gas products).
• A medical device sterilization company in a series of cases involving allegations that the gas used for sterilization caused plaintiffs’ cancer; member of trial team that obtained a full defense verdict in a jury trial in which the plaintiff sought a nine-figure damages award.
• A company involved in multi-state litigation arising out of an industrial accident.
• An international automaker as member of the trial team that secured a full defense verdict in Texas federal court.
• An international automaker as a member of the trial and appellate team that secured a reverse and render judgment in the Texas Supreme Court resulting in a no-liability outcome.
• An international automaker in complete summary judgment on behalf of the automaker; defended judgment in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, which upheld the lower court’s decision.

• American Bar Association
• Dallas Bar Association
• Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
• Baylor Lawyer Network Steering Committee