About Stephanie Lynn
Stephanie Lynn May built her foundation at the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned both a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts. She continued her legal studies at St. Mary’s University School of Law, receiving a Juris Doctor before beginning work in courts and law offices across Texas. Her early training combined academic rigor and hands-on legal tasks.
Her first legal positions were traditional clerkships that exposed her to courtroom procedure and case analysis. In 2012 she worked at the Law Office of Edward F. Shaughnessy. That same year she served as a judicial law clerk for the Bexar County Felony Drug Court. The following year she took a judicial law clerk post at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Those roles involved research, drafting orders and opinions, and observing criminal proceedings at both trial and appellate levels.
After the clerkships she shifted into criminal defense practice. In 2015 she joined the Law Offices of Jamie Balagia as a DWI and criminal defense lawyer. Two years later she founded her own practice, Stephanie May Law. Her caseload has included DWI matters and other criminal charges. She routinely works on pretrial motions, courtroom hearings, negotiated resolutions and jury trials when cases proceed that far.
May is admitted to practice in Texas and is also admitted to the Federal Circuit. She keeps ties to professional organizations that serve defense lawyers and local bar communities. Her memberships include the Tom Green County Bar Association, the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the DUI Defense Lawyers Association. Those connections provide regular contact with peers and updates on changes in criminal law practice.
Colleagues describe her as methodical in case preparation and steady under pressure in court. Her background in appellate chambers informs how she frames legal arguments and preserves issues for appeal. Clients encounter a lawyer familiar with both trial-level tactics and appellate standards, and that perspective often influences how cases are approached from the outset.
She continues to practice at Stephanie May Law, where she handles DWI and criminal defense matters.
