Todd Steele was born in Brownwood, Texas in 1967. Todd graduated from Brownwood High School in 1985, and conducted his undergraduate studies at Tarleton State University, graduating in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. After that, Todd worked as an Adult Probation Officer in Lubbock, Texas, while attending graduate school at Texas Tech University. Todd began his law school career in 1991 at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctorate in 1994. Todd practiced law briefly in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, until moving back home to Brownwood in the fall of 1995. Todd is married and has four children.