Steve Smith

Attorney & Prelitigation Manager at Angel Reyes & Associates
Austin, TX35 years experienceAdmitted 1990

About Steve Smith

Steve "Dusty" Smith, Esq. is an Attorney and Prelitigation Manager at Angel Reyes & Associates with over 35 years of legal experience. He has been practicing law since 1990, focusing on trucking accidents, auto accidents, rideshare accidents, motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, and bus accidents.

Smith previously served as a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, where he worked as both a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney for six years on active duty.

He has earned an AVVO 10/10 attorney rating, was named a 2025 Texas Rising Star, a Top 10 Under 40 Attorney for Texas, and to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100. He is a member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He secured a $1.575 million jury verdict in a disputed commercial vehicle case.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1990 and his Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982. He is admitted to the State Bar of Texas and the U.S. District Courts of Texas, and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Angel Reyes & Associates

These results are credited to Angel Reyes & Associates. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$6 millionVerdict

A Dallas County jury returned a $6 million wrongful-death verdict for the family of Paula Hahn, one of two women killed when a charter bus carrying Choctaw Casino passengers rolled over in Irving, Texas, in April 2013.

193rd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, TX · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Thomas M. Cooley Law School
B.S. in Public Relations, 1990
University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate, 1982

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas, admitted 1990
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

AVVO 10/10 Attorney Rating
Texas Rising Star (2025)
Top 10 Under 40 Attorney for Texas
National Trial Lawyers Top 100

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$4.51 million · Travis County Jury Awards $4.5 Million After Construction Worker Is Struck by Falling Logs at Highway Project
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Shaw Cowart
$2 Million Verdict for Injured Motorists on Underinsured Motorist Claim Against State Farm

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.