Stephen M. Ferguson joined Hagan Noll & Boyle, LLC in January 2009 as an associate attorney and has been a partner since December 2017.  He has been a licensed attorney since November 2005. 

Mr. Ferguson focuses his practice on commercial litigation matters.  He has represented the firm’s clients in cases involving complex commercial litigation, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, satellite signal theft, breach of contract, construction, employment, and other business issues.    

Prior to attending South Texas College of Law, Mr. Ferguson earned a Master of Business Administration Degree from Texas State University and a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from The University of Texas at Austin.  Mr. Ferguson was also employed as a financial analyst for a semiconductor research and development consortium.  He utilizes his business education and experience in his practice of law.

PERSONAL

Mr. Ferguson was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1978, and was raised in Mount Vernon, Texas.  He enjoys time at the lake and beach, attending sporting events and concerts, and traveling.

RECOGNITION

  • Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2019-2022

COURT ADMISSIONS

  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Southern District of Texas
  • Northern District of Texas
  • Eastern District of Texas
  • Western District of Texas
  • District of Colorado
  • Eastern District of Michigan

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Secured $31M judgment against the operators of a streaming service for copyright infringement. A permanent injunction was also entered against the operators and transferring their domain names and any future domain names used to infringe to HNB’s client.
  • Won $16.8M judgment against operator of 15 streaming websites providing access to copyrighted content. A permanent injunction was also entered against the operator and the third-party service providers supporting the infringement, and the 15 domain names were transferred to HNB’s client.
  • Obtained $2.1M judgment against the operator of a streaming service for copyright infringement and a $600K judgment against its CDN for knowingly permitting its servers to be used to transmit copyrighted content. A permanent injunction was also entered against the operator of the streaming service and the CDN, their domain names were forfeited, and any future domain names used to infringe are to be disabled.
  • Granted a preliminary injunction against 2 websites that infringed client’s copyrights by streaming a live sports tournament.  The injunction required service providers to cease providing services and transferred the domain names until the tournament was over.