Stephen M. Whitlow was admitted to the Lousisiana Bar in 1992 and is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. He graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, with a Juris Doctorate in May, 1992, and graduated Cum Laude from LSU with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration in 1989. He was employed with the Louisiana Department of Justice as an Assistant Attorney General from 1992 to 1996. As a member of the Insurance Section until 1994, he acted as counsel for the Commissioner of Insurance in the conservation, rehabilitation and liquidation of insurance companies, and was subsequently a member of the Consumer Protection Section.

From 2006-2008 he acted as Administrator of a K-12 private school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana .  In this capacity, he supervised a faculty and staff of over 30 individuals and was primarily responsible for all operations of the school.  During the two school years in which he was the administrator of Starkey Academy , Stephen Whitlow maintained Of Counsel status with Keogh, Cox & Wilson.

On May 23, 2008, he returned to the active practice of law as a Partner in the firm.

He currently maintains a litigation practice focusing in the areas of insurance defense, product liability, business litigation, employment law and premises liability.