Steve Lehto

Steve Lehto is an American attorney, professor, author and YouTuber, known for consumer protection and lemon law litigation in Michigan. Lehto has taught at the University of Detroit Mercy as an adjunct professor. He is an alumnus of Oakland University having earned a bachelor's degree in history and his Juris Doctor from Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles.

Early life and education Lehto grew up in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He is the youngest of six children and comes from a family of Finnish descent. During high school he worked at a gas station in Birmingham.

Professional career Legal practice Lehto was admitted to practice law in Michigan on November 5, 1991. He has been interviewed on news stories about consumer and auto case law. In 2020, Lehto was selected one of the Super Lawyers in Michigan.

Lehto 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. At the time the Royal Oak police had issued over 150 tickets in Royal Oak District court.

Radio broadcasting Lehto started his radio career at WWCK as a disc jockey in Flint. He worked as a radio talkshow host. He hosted his shows Lehto's Law on WFDF-AM(910) out of Flint, Michigan.

YouTube Lehto has a YouTube channel named Steve Lehto with 619,000 subscribers as of February 15, 2026. He also has a second YouTube channel named Steve Lehto Vault, with videos that don't fit into his other channel; it has 20,900 subscribers as of March 3, 2024. In addition to his YouTube channel, Steve has done a show called LetoLive on MyMichiganTV.

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

Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder was mentioned on The Tonight Show. Jay Leno also wrote the foreword for Lehto'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.", This book also was listed as one of the 2007 Michigan Notable Books by the Library of Michigan.

"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.

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.

Lehto'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.

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