Steve Adler

I was born in Washington, D.C., and my parents worked hard so that my brother, sister and I could be the first in our family to go to college. I attended Princeton and UT Law School on scholarships and part-time jobs. After law school, I devoted much of my practice to civil rights law. I defended workers and women facing discrimination and sexual harassment – hard workers who were being denied equal pay for equal work. Later, I became chief of staff and general counsel for State Senator Eliot Shapleigh doing public policy and learning governance. For over 20 years, I worked with and chaired many of Austin’s large civic and non-profit boards.