About Stephen A.
Stephen A. Brunette combines an academic grounding in psychology with a long career in litigation and dispute resolution. He earned his J.D. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1980, completing a concurrent certificate in Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation that same year. He later returned to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for an M.A. in Psychology, awarded in 1986, and holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Colorado–Boulder, earned in 1973.
His legal career began soon after law school. In 1981 he practiced under his own name as Lawyer & Counselor at Law. He joined Young & White as a lawyer in 1985 and took on an editorial role a year later as Senior Editor of Litigation & Trial Practice for Shepard’s/McGraw-Hill. That experience added a publishing and editorial dimension to his resume, alongside courtroom work. In 1996 he again used his own name for a legal practice and later, in 2010, worked with Gasper Law Group, PLLC. In 2014 he listed Brunette Law Office, LLC as Lawyer & Counselor at Law, and in 2018 he served Of Counsel at The Drexler Law Group, LLC. He is admitted to practice in Nebraska and Colorado and is also admitted in the 10th Circuit.
Brunette’s background in psychology informs much of his work. He has completed mediation and arbitration training, including Mediation Skills and Settlement Conference Advocacy at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law and multiple programs through the American Arbitration Association on arbitration case preparation and construction industry arbitrator training. Those credentials support a practice that spans arbitration, mediation and trial advocacy.
His professional involvement extends into forensic science and legal publishing. He served as a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences from 1989 to 2004, sat at large on the Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board from 1996 to 2003, and held roles with the Forensic Sciences Foundation as trustee and chair between 1995 and 2003. He was also involved with the ABA Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight from 1999 to 2003 and has been a member of the American Bar Association. That combination of legal, editorial and forensic roles has shaped a practice that often intersects technical evidence and procedural strategy.
His current practice centers on arbitration, mediation and litigation in construction and forensic matters.
