Attorney Steven Bangerter Seizes Opportunity, Transitioning From the Medical to the Legal Profession

Like any good entrepreneur, Steven Bangerter excels at his business and reinvents himself skillfully as necessary to change his career path and feed his soul. He studied radiation therapy at the University of Utah and graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies. As a radiation therapist with an intraoperative radiation oncology credential, Steven Bangerter earned the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award from The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists for research and eventual publication of “The Ultimate Modality for Irradiation and Treatment of Breast Cancer.”

The visionary saw opportunities beyond his medical profession, however, and entered Western State College of Law at Argosy University in California, where he completed a Juris Doctor in 1993. Five years after joining Cooksey, Toolen, Gage, Duffy, & Woog in Costa Mesa, California, as an Associate Attorney, he became a Partner and board member. Still, his entrepreneurial spirit prevailed. He moved on and subsequently became a founding Partner of Bangerter Sheppard, P.C. Established in Oakland, California, the firm grew to encompass offices in Southern California and Utah. Just as he did in his former profession, Steven Bangerter has excelled as an attorney, gaining a listing in the A.M. Best Company Inc.’s Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys and an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

A member of the Tort and Insurance Practice Sections of the American, Orange County, and Los Angeles County Bar Associations, Steven Bangerter also belongs to The State Bar of California, the Utah State Bar, and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum (life member). The former Adjunct Professor at California State University and Saddleback College practices in a number of areas, including insurance defense and coverage, church risk management and related law, business litigation, and professional malpractice. Ever the entrepreneur, he will no doubt continue to seize the day, and perhaps the night.