Steve Lehto

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

• Lehto, Steve (November 1, 2022). American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide. Berkley. p. 305. ISBN 978-0593547878.
• Lehto, Steve (April 1, 2018). Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow. Chicago Review Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0912777733.
• Lehto, Steve (February 4, 2016). Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird: Design, Development, Production and Competition. Car Tech. p. 204. ISBN 978-1613252048.
• Lehto, Steve (June 1, 2013). Death's Door: The Truth Behind the Italian Hall Disaster and the Strike of 1913 (Second ed.). Momentum Books. ISBN 978-1-938018-03-9.
• Lehto, Steve (May 1, 2013). The Great American Jet Pack: The Quest for the Ultimate Individual Lift Device. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1613744307.
• Timothy Masters; Steve Lehto (June 5, 2012). Drawn to Injustice: The Wrongful Conviction of Timothy Masters. Berkley. p. 448. ISBN 978-0425247921.
• Lehto, Steve (May 1, 2012). Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation. Chicago Review Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-1613743454.
• Lehto, Steve (December 2011). The New Lemon Law Bible: Everything the Smart Consumer Needs to Know about Automobile Law. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 102. ISBN 9781468046489.
• Lehto, Steve (August 4, 2011). Coin Shooting: Finding Small Treasures with a Metal Detector. Kindle Scribe. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
• Lehto, Steve (May 4, 2011). Bobby Isaac: NASCAR's First Modern Champion. p. 500. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
• Lehto, Steve (April 7, 2009). Michigan's Columbus: The Life of Douglass Houghton. Momentum Books. p. 176. ISBN 978-1879094857.
• Lehto, Steve (October 9, 2007). Italian Hall: The Official Transcript of the Coroner's Inquest. Momentum Books. p. 196. ISBN 978-1879094802.
• Lehto, Steve (November 1, 2006). Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder. Momentum Books, LLC. p. 232. ISBN 978-1879094772.