Steven B. Stevens

Background

Stevens, Steven B. was born on April 19, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Hy and Rose Stevens.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1978; Juris Doctor, University of Illinois, 1981.

Career

Worked at Mazursky, Schwartz & Angelo (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Major Tort Litigation emphasizing Major Personal Injury, Insurance Bad Faith, Product Liability, Premise Liability, Professional Malpractice, Medical Malpractice and Business Torts. Civil Trial and Appellate Practice and Toxic Tort Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1981, Illinois.

1982, California; 1985, United States. Supreme Court.

Phi Beta Kappa. Judicial Law Clerk for Justice Jay J. Alloy, Illinois Appellate Court, 1981-1983.

Editor-in-Chief, The Advocate Author: "Professional Liability for Psychotherapist-Patient Sexual Relations," CTLA Forum, Volume 19, Nos. 8 and 9, 1989; Statutory Settlement Offers," LATLA Annual Seminar, October, 1991. "Health Care Provider Liens," LATLA Ethics Seminar, July, 1991.

"When the Doctor Says ‘Yes’ But the Client Says ‘No’: Health Care Provider Liens," LATLA Advocate (July/August 1992). "Code of Civil Procedure section 351: Its Use in Discovery and Defense in Court," CTLA Forum (November 1992). "Respondent Superior Liability: Unchanged Even After Proposition 51," Los Angeles Lawyers (December 1992).

Co-Author: "Limited Partner Liability and The General Partner: Corporations Code Section 15507 Rev." Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, 1990. "Discovery of Sexual Conduct of Plaintiff In Sexual Harassment or Sexual Assault Case," LATLA Advocate, Volume 19, no. 6 (1992). Co-Author: "Opposing Defendant's Motion for Discretionary Relief From Default," LATLA Advocate (January 1993), with Watkins, Shirley K.

"Two Year Statute of Limitations for Public Policy Termination Claims", LATLA Advocate, June 1994, with Posner, Joseph. "Individual Liability Under the Fair Employment and Housing Act," Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Advocate, November 1994, with Posner, Joseph. Member: Los Angeles County (Member: Bioethics Committee, 1988-1992.

Courts Committee, 1992—. Vice-Chair, Courts Committee, 1993-1994. Chair, 1994-1995), Illinois State and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section.

Section of Litigation, 1982—) Bar Associations. State Bar of California. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board of Governors, 1993—). Consumer Attorneys of California. (Also Member, Watkins & Stevens).

The Firm was founded in November, 1988 by Charles Mazursky, Arnold Schwartz and Christopher Angelo. After working together for many years, and having established themselves among the outstanding lawyers in their field, they decided to form their own firm.

Achievements

• Bar: Illinois 1981, California 1982, United States District Court (central district) Illinois 1982, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1982, United States District Court (central and northern districts)California 1983, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1983, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1985.

Membership

Member: Los Angeles County (Member: Bioethics Committee, 1988-1992. Courts Committee, 1992—. Vice-Chair, Courts Committee, 1993-1994.

Chair, 1994-1995), Illinois State and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section. Section of Litigation, 1982—) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board of Governors, 1993—). Consumer Attorneys of California.

(Also of Counsel, Mazursky, Schwartz & Angelo).

Connections

Father:

Hy Stevens

Mother:

Rose Stevens