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title: Steven B. Stevens
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# Steven B. Stevens

Steven B. Stevens concentrates his practice on appellate, writ and motion advocacy, with special emphasis on medical malpractice and major personal injury. Stevens is Of Counsel to Michels & Lew in Los Angeles. He is board certified in Appellate Law (State Bar of California) and in Medical Malpractice Law (American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys). He has handled a wide variety of appeals in medical malpractice, Medi-Cal lien reduction, insurance bad faith, employment, business litigation and civil procedure. Stevens is a member of the CAOC Amicus Curiae Committee and the AAJ Amicus Curiae Committee. He is a member of CAALA’s Board of Governors, and served as Editor-in-Chief of Advocate for eight years. He is a recipient of CAALA’s Appellate Lawyer of the Year Award.

### Articles written by this author:

## [Developments in Medicaid lien law 2015](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march/developments-in-medicaid-lien-law-2015 "Developments in Medicaid lien law 2015")

The Department of Health Care Services gets a break, maybe, but has to pay for it

[Steven B. Stevens](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-b-stevens "Steven B. Stevens")

[2016 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-march)

## [“Reptile” under attack](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-december/reptile-under-attack "“Reptile” under attack")

Responding to defense motions to foreclose plaintiffs’ counsel from making “Reptile” arguments to the jury

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")
[Steven B. Stevens](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-b-stevens "Steven B. Stevens")

[2016 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-december)

[![The Federal Tort Claim Act and the discretionary function exception](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/stevens-istock-497180053_e067aae042bcb4194d2b7c64d926e863.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-december/the-federal-tort-claim-act-and-the-discretionary-function-exception "The Federal Tort Claim Act and the discretionary function exception")

## [The Federal Tort Claim Act and the discretionary function exception](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-december/the-federal-tort-claim-act-and-the-discretionary-function-exception "The Federal Tort Claim Act and the discretionary function exception")

The act seeks to avoid placing co­urts in the position of second-guessing the government; it is not intended to protect the Government from liability for violating its own safety mandates

[Steven B. Stevens](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-b-stevens "Steven B. Stevens")

[2017 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-december)

## [The [[case]]Privette[[/case]] doctrine and material suppliers](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-december/the-case-privette-case-doctrine-and-material-suppliers "The [[case]]Privette[[/case]] doctrine and material suppliers")

Building the case that an injured employee of a material supplier is not a subcontractor bound by [[case]]Privette[[/case]]

[Steven B. Stevens](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/steven-b-stevens "Steven B. Stevens")

[2024 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-december)