Steven M. Sweat, is the principal founding attorney of Steven M. Sweat, APC, a California personal injury law firm based in Los Angeles with offices throughout Southern California. Steven was born in 1970 and grew up in Florida. He attended Florida State University and graduated in 1992, Cum Laude. He thereafter moved to San Diego, California where he attended and graduated from California Western School of Law in 1995.
For over two decades Steven has been litigating a wide range of civil claims. He has been described as a "pit bull with a huge heart" and takes pride in helping his clients seek justice. He has been named a "Super Lawyer" by Thomson Rueters News Service and Los Angeles Magazine every year since 2012 in the area of plaintiff's personal injury law. Obtaining numerous six and seven figure settlements and verdicts in cases involving catastrophic injury and death as well as sexual assault and abuse, Steven has established himself as a champion for just causes in seeking compensation for persons harmed by neglect or outright intentional wrongdoing.
Steven is an avid martial artist having trained in various disciplines including muay Thai, boxing, wrestling, judo, and currently holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Steven finds the physical and mental discipline of the martial arts a great training ground for achieving success in and out of the courtroom.
Steven lives by the motto of trying to "improve lives and help people!"