He is also one of the founding partners of Scheef & Stone, LLP, a full-service business law firm primarily comprised of attorneys who used to practice with the larger downtown Dallas law firms. Scheef paid his own way through college and law school working as a carpenter and hanging sheetrock. This experience gave him an understanding of the importance education and what it means to have to work hard physically. He also worked as a waiter and bartender which taught him how to serve customers. After law school, he learned to practice law from many very good lawyers.