Steve Lehto

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Steve Wayne Lehto
Born
Steve Wayne Lehto

(1962-01-19) January 19, 1962 (age 62)
U.S.
Alma mater Oakland University Southwestern University Law School
Occupation(s)Lawyer and Youtuber
EmployerLaw Office of Steve Lehto
Website lehtoslaw.com

Steve Lehto is an American attorney, [1] professor, [2] [3] author and YouTuber, known for consumer protection and lemon law litigation in Michigan. [4] Steve has taught at the University of Detroit Mercy as an adjunct professor. [3] [5] [6] [7] He is an alumnus of Oakland University [8] earning a bachelor's degree in history [7] and earned his Juris Doctor from Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles. [8] [7] Steve "has been featured on CNN, the BBC, and Good Morning America. Lehto is the author of several notable books." [9] [10]

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Early life and education

Steve grew up in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. [11] Lehto is the youngest of six children. During high school he worked at a gas station in Birmingham. [12]

Professional career

Lehto was admitted to practice law in Michigan on November 5, 1991. [13] Lehto has been interviewed on news stories about consumer and auto case law. [14] In 2020 Steve was selected one of the Super Lawyers in Michigan. [15]

Steve did pro bono work for hot rod owners who attended the Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak, Michigan who were ticketed for a vehicular noise ordinance. [16] At the time the Royal Oak police had issued over 150 tickets in Royal Oak District court. [13] [12] in 1997 he defended almost 50 people and 20 people for free. [17]

Radio broadcasting

Steve started his radio career at WWCK as a disc jockey in Flint. [11] [18] He worked as a radio talkshow host. [19] He hosted his shows Lehto's Law on WFDF-AM(910) out of Flint, Michigan. [20]

YouTube

Lehto has a YouTube channel named Steve Lehto with some 498,000 subscribers as of April 10, 2024. [21] He also has a second YouTube channel named Steve Lehto Vault, with videos that don't fit into his other channel; it has some 20,900 subscribers as of March 3, 2024. [22] In addition to his YouTube channel, Steve has done a show called LetoLive on MyMichiganTV. [23]

Writing

Lehto wrote several articles for Jalopnik [24] and Opposite Lock. He has published several books. He also contributed to the HuffPost Contributor platform. [25]

Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder was mentioned on The Tonight Show. [26] Jay Leno also wrote the foreword for Steve's books "Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation" and "Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow.", [8] [27] [28] This book also was listed as one of the 2007 Michigan Notable Books by the Library of Michigan. [29]

"Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow" by Steve Lehto, Chicago Review Press was listed as one of the 2017 Michigan Notable Books., [30] [31] [32]

Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation by Steve Lehto, Chicago Review Press was listed as one of the 2011 Michigan Notable Books by the Library of Michigan. [33]

Steve's book "Michigan's Columbus: The Life of Douglass Houghton" by Steve Lehto, Momentum Books was listed as one of Library of Michigan 2010 Michigan Notable Books. [34]

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