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100% Full-Blooded Italian, Steve Vescovo is a proud Catholic, lifelong Memphian and the grandson of four Italian immigrants. His grandparents’ surnames are Vescovo, Balestrino, Catalina, and Rocchetti; all of  whom immigrated from Italy to the US between 1890 and 1910. 

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Steve is the second child of Louis and Clara Vescovo.  His father, Louis, was one of nine children born to Pete and Emma Vescovo from Bassignana, Italy, near the city of Alessandria.  His mother, Clara, was the seventh of eight children born to Augusto and Giustina Catalina, who immigrated from Ancona, Italy.  Steve was born and raised in Whitehaven where his parents instilled a devotion to his Catholic faith and his family; qualities he continues to live by. 

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Steve attended St. Paul Catholic School, Bishop Byrne High School, and then Memphis State University, majoring in accounting, followed by law school at Memphis State University and obtaining his J.D. in 1980.

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He was a parishioner of St. Paul Catholic Church during his childhood and continues to support St. Paul, while being a parishioner of St. Louis Catholic Church.  His children and step-son all attended Holy Rosary Catholic School, where Steve was a parishioner for a time and coached youth basketball and other sports for more than 10 years.

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​Steve began his successful legal career at Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson, and Mitchell, PLLC in 1980 and continues to practice at the successor firm Lewis Thomason, P.C.—a career of more than 40 years. His practice includes serving as outside general counsel for Christian Brothers University, as well as representing Youth Villages. In addition to his legal practice, Steve followed in his father’s footsteps, owning liquor stores in Arlington, TN and, more recently, in Whitehaven. 

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Steve’s business successes are not what define him; rather, it is his commitment to local charities and non-profit organizations.  Over the years, he has been on a personal mission to renovate St. Paul school and convent, where the Dominican Sisters that serve St. Paul School and St. Benedict High School reside. He has sponsored and coordinated the annual St. Paul Trivia Contest, and Steve would for years bid on and win the “bag of cash” at Tony Barrasso’s Annual Italian Winterfest, only to hand it right back to the nuns in attendance.  His steadfast resolve to raise money for the church even extends to his annual allocated whiskey sale at Vescovo’s Arlington Liquors, where he raffles off the first pick of a rare whiskey with proceeds from the raffle (and his own personal matching donation) benefiting St. Paul.  

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In 2021, Steve was honored by being admitted to the Bishop Byrne High School Hall of Fame.   He is a former recipient of the Sam Myar, Jr. Memorial Award, given by the Memphis Bar Association in recognition of Outstanding Service to the Legal Profession and the Community.  He is a Fellow in the Tennessee Bar Foundation and Memphis Bar Foundation and is former President of the Young Lawyers Division of the Memphis Bar Association.  Steve serves as a trustee for the Speer Charitable Foundation, which annually supports the Holy Rosary Angel Program, among other organizations. He serves on the board of Bank3, is an Emeritus board member of the Harwood Center, a non-profit for developmentally delayed children, and a former  member of the St. Benedict at Auburndale High School Advisory Board.  Steve has previously served as the President of the University of Memphis National Alumni Association and President of the University of Memphis School of Law Alumni Association.

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​Steve’s free time is spent with his amazing wife Susan Vescovo, supporting the University of Memphis Tigers—where he has been a season ticket holder for football and basketball for 44 straight years—and the Memphis Grizzlies, traveling, and with his family, including his sons Stephen (Heather) and Nic (Marianna), his step-son Brett Russell (Ashley), and his nine grandchildren, Lilliana (16), Trace (14), Kellan (10), Max (10), Rosalyn (8), Eva (7), Rebecca (6), Ryland (2), and Rhett (3 months).

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