About Steven
Steven Thrasher combines technical training and legal education in a career that spans engineering, startups and patent practice. He began his academic path at Auburn University, where he earned a B.S.E.E. and a degree in finance in 1993, studying software and digital electronics. He went on to Baylor Law School and received a J.D. in 1996 with an emphasis on intellectual property. He completed an MBA at Baylor in 1997, studying marketing.
His first professional role was in engineering. In 1990 he worked as an engineer for McDonnell Douglas, applying his undergraduate training to aerospace and electronics projects. He moved into law after completing his J.D. and took positions at private firms early in his legal career. In 1997 he joined Griggs, Robinson, Post, Henderson and Smith, and the following year he worked at Jackson Walker L.L.P. Those years in firm practice coincided with building a foundation in patent work and technology-related matters.
In 2002 he formed Thrasher Associates, LLC and served as a lawyer there. He later took on executive roles in technology companies. In 2005 he was CEO of White Nile Software, Inc. In 2010 he founded two companies: Proxomo Software, Inc., and Advanced Search Laboratories, where he is listed as founder and chief strategy officer. The combination of law firm experience and hands-on technology leadership gives him a dual perspective on intellectual property and product development.
Thrasher is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted in Texas. His academic background in electrical engineering and finance, coupled with a legal education focused on intellectual property, informs his approach to patent prosecution and technology transactions. He has been involved in professional communities as well; he has served as an officer of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas–Fort Worth since 2009 and has maintained other professional memberships since 1996.
Colleagues describe his trajectory as one that moves between the laboratory and the courtroom. He has alternated roles as engineer, corporate executive and patent lawyer, often taking leadership positions at small and mid-sized technology firms while continuing to practice law. That breadth of experience shapes how he evaluates inventions, drafts claims and counsels clients about commercialization.
He practices from Thrasher Associates, LLC and concentrates on patent prosecution and technology-related legal matters.
