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==Background==

==Background==

Munisteri was reared in Houston, where his father was an officer of Brown and Root, later president of Enserch Engineers and Construction, Comstock International, and the Texas division of Ford, Bacon & Davis. His mother was first a homemaker but later an editor of professors' textbooks at [[Rice University]] in Houston and still performs such work on a contract basis. Munisteri has three brothers and two sisters. He graduated from Memorial High School in the Hedwig Village section of Houston, where he was in the [[National Honor Society]] and the debate team. He received a [[Bachelor of Business Administration]] degree from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and a [[Doctor of Jurisprudence]] from the University of Texas Law School, completing both degrees in five, instead of the customary seven, years. With his law degree in hand, Munisteri returned to Houston to open his solo law practice, which he continued in partnership with others, for twenty-seven years.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.betweenthesynapse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Bio-explained-3.pdf|title=Biography: Personal Information for Stephen P. Munisteri|publisher=betweenthesynapse.com|accessdate=September 27, 2010}}</ref> Munisteri founded the firm on November 1, 1982, the day before the defeat of [[Bill Clements]] as the first Republican governor of Texas since 1873. The firm is now known as Sprott, Rigby, Newson, Robbins & Lunceford, P.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msrnr.net/ourhistory.htm|title=Our History|publisher=msrnr.net|accessdate=September 27, 2010}}</ref>  

Munisteri was reared in Houston, where his father was an officer of Brown and Root, later president of Enserch Engineers and Construction, Comstock International, and the Texas division of Ford, Bacon & Davis. His mother was first a homemaker but later an editor of professors' textbooks at [[Rice University]] in Houston and still performs such work on a contract basis. Munisteri has three brothers and two sisters. He graduated from Memorial High School in the Hedwig Village section of Houston, where he was in the [[National Honor Society]] and the debate team. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas Law School, completing both degrees in five, instead of the customary seven, years. With his law degree in hand, Munisteri returned to Houston to open his solo law practice, which he continued in partnership with others, for twenty-seven years.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.betweenthesynapse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Bio-explained-3.pdf|title=Biography: Personal Information for Stephen P. Munisteri|publisher=betweenthesynapse.com|accessdate=September 27, 2010}}</ref> Munisteri founded the firm on November 1, 1982, the day before the defeat of [[Bill Clements]] as the first Republican governor of Texas since 1873. The firm is now known as Sprott, Rigby, Newson, Robbins & Lunceford, P.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msrnr.net/ourhistory.htm|title=Our History|publisher=msrnr.net|accessdate=September 27, 2010}}</ref>  

   

   

Munisteri is divorced from the former Deanna Armstrong, whom he met through the University of Texas during the unsuccessful 1976 [[Ronald W. Reagan]] presidential campaign. They rode together on a bus from Austin to [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], to attend the [[1976 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention]]<ref name=bio/> at the [[Kemper Arena]], which nominated [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford, and then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Robert J. Dole]] of [[Kansas]] for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. Munisteri is a [[Presbyterian]]. The couple had no children.<ref name=bio/>

Munisteri is divorced from the former Deanna Armstrong, whom he met through the University of Texas during the unsuccessful 1976 [[Ronald W. Reagan]] presidential campaign. They rode together on a bus from Austin to [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], to attend the [[1976 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention]]<ref name=bio/> at the Kemper Arena, which nominated [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], and then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Robert J. Dole]] of [[Kansas]] for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. Munisteri is a [[Presbyterian]]. The couple had no children.<ref name=bio/>

Munisteri is also a [[boxing]] promoter in Houston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=10420&more=1|title=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=10420&more=1|title= Travis Walker and Raphael Butler, both of Whom Decked Vitali Klitschko in Sparring, Co-Headline Friday, April 6, on ShoBox, March 31, 2007|publisher=eastsideboxing.com|accessdate=September 29, 2010}}</ref> Munisteri Sports & Entertainment, Inc., teamed with Worldwide Entertainment and Sports Corp. of West Orange, [[New Jersey]], to oversee seven heavyweight boxers under Munisteri's direction. The boxers were Obed Sullivan, Derrick Banks, Talmadge Griffis, David Bostice, Ed Wright, Robert Davis, and Ike Ibeabuchi. However, the joint arrangement failed, and Munisteri is retiring from the boxing business. He still manages one fighter and handles announcing and color commentary for boxing shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austinnovation.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/steve-munisteri-boxing/|title=John Egan, Ten years before Texas GOP chairmanship, Steve Munisteri boxing deal fell through the ropes|publisher=austininnovation.wordpress.com|accessdate=September 29, 2010}}</ref>

Munisteri is also a [[boxing]] promoter in Houston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=10420&more=1|title=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=10420&more=1|title= Travis Walker and Raphael Butler, both of Whom Decked Vitali Klitschko in Sparring, Co-Headline Friday, April 6, on ShoBox, March 31, 2007|publisher=eastsideboxing.com|accessdate=September 29, 2010}}</ref> Munisteri Sports & Entertainment, Inc., teamed with Worldwide Entertainment and Sports Corp. of West Orange, [[New Jersey]], to oversee seven heavyweight boxers under Munisteri's direction. The boxers were Obed Sullivan, Derrick Banks, Talmadge Griffis, David Bostice, Ed Wright, Robert Davis, and Ike Ibeabuchi. However, the joint arrangement failed, and Munisteri is retiring from the boxing business. He still manages one fighter and handles announcing and color commentary for boxing shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austinnovation.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/steve-munisteri-boxing/|title=John Egan, Ten years before Texas GOP chairmanship, Steve Munisteri boxing deal fell through the ropes|publisher=austininnovation.wordpress.com|accessdate=September 29, 2010}}</ref>

==Early political involvement==

==Early political involvement==