Attorney Steven Szostek of Las Vegas, NV; slacker, repeat offender

The state of Nevada presented Steven J. Szostek with a law license in 1990 after he graduated from the  University of Indian School of Law.

The Nevada Disciplinary Board found Stevie guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

Stevie’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Knowingly failed to timely prove opposing counsel with discovery responses
• Failure to provide discovery responses led to adverse adjudiciation of a landlord-tennant matter for his client
• Provided misleading information to ethics investigators whether he submitted a claim to his malpractice carrier (Up yours, said Stevie!)
• Conduct resulted in injury to his client and the profession

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Nevada Supreme Court punished Stevie by gifting him with a complimentary stayed 30-day suspension of his law license and assessed investigative costs of $2,500.00.

Stevie was also ordered to pay restitution of $52,200.10 to his prior client [victim]

Stevie’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to communicate with his client
• Failed to respond to client requests for updates regarding trust documents
• Improperly shared legal fees related to client trust with a nonlawyer
• Took more than three years to finalize client trust documents
• Client suffered potential injury because of the delay in receiving the trust for which she had paid

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Nevada Supreme Court punished Stevie by gifting him with a complimentary stayed 1-year suspension of his law license and assessed investigative costs of $2,500.00.

As we speak (ca. June 2023), Stevie practices his so-called brand of law with the Steven J. Szostek Esq. Law Firm at 7848 West Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada.