MANAGING PARTNER
Steven loves being a lawyer. It gives him the opportunity to help real people. He considers it a privilege to fight for the rights of individuals that have been harmed by the negligence and maleficence of large corporations. Steven also loves to win.
Steven has served as lead counsel in many cases of public interest. His cases and work have been mentioned in national and local media outlets including Full Measure, America’s Lawyer, Ring of Fire, local news (NBC and ABC); Law360, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Huffington Post, Columbus Dispatch, Global Policy Journal, Top Class Actions, Reuters, and Trial Lawyers Magazine. Steven also regularly speaks and conferences including those listed above.
Steven helps lead the charge for complex mass tort and class action matters throughout the country. In addition to representing large classes of individuals, Steven handles single-event personal injury cases, including medical negligence and product liability claims. He has first chair trial experience, winning multiple jury verdicts for his clients. He has also argued in front of the Court of Appeals.
Steven has devoted a significant portion of his practice to investigating and litigating cases of sex trafficking in nationally branded hotels. He is the lead trial counsel (along with other co-counsel) on the very first case filed under the federal Trafficking Victims Protections Act against major hotel brands. Currently, he is working with a consortium of lawyers across the country to develop strategies and file cases on behalf of victims of human trafficking. These cases are a first of their kind in the country. These lawsuits, brought on behalf of victims of human trafficking, seek damages against the hotel and motel industry.
Steven serves in several other leadership positions in litigations throughout the country. He is a member of the leadership coalition in the Boy Scout Sex Abuse bankruptcy.
Steven is on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, and Chair of Law and Briefing Committee for IN RE: Davol, Inc./C.R. Bard, Inc., Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2846, and helps manage thousands of cases involving injuries attributable to failed hernia mesh.
Additionally, Steven is on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, Chair of Law and Briefing Committee, and Medical Monitoring Committee Member for IN RE: Valsartan, MDL No. 2875. He helps manage cases concerning ingestion of the compound NDMA, which is a known human carcinogen.
Early in his career, Steven gained extensive experience with law and briefing in complex multi-district litigation (“MDL”) matters. As a result of his early work, Steven is highly sought after by MDL leadership committees across the country for his legal research and writing skills. He has drafted all types of legal papers from research memorandum, Daubert briefs concerning complicated scientific evidence, dispositive motions, and motions in limine for Bellwether trials. Steven has performed work on the following MDLs: Xarelto Products Liability Litigation, MDL–2592; Benicar Products Liability Litigation, MDL 15-2606; Bair Hugger Products Liability Litigation, MDL 15-2666; Invokana Products Liability Litigation, MDL 16-2750; and National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL 2804.
Before starting Babin Law, Steven served as a law clerk to Judge Alan E. Norris at the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Steven also clerked for United States District Court Judge Peter C. Economus.
Steven believes it is important to give back to the community. He serves on a number of boards and committees in Columbus. In his spare time, Steven enjoys going to the movies and spending time with his family.
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Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D. 2014
The Ohio State University, B.A. 2010
Clerkships
United States Circuit Judge Alan E. Norris of the United Stated Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States District Judge Peter C. Economus of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
BAR Admissions
State of Ohio United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit United Sates District Court, Southern District of Ohio United Sates District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Memberships
NTL – National Trial Lawyers
AAJ – American Association for Justice
OAJ – Ohio Association for Justice
OSBA – Ohio State Bar Association (former)
CBA – Columbus Bar Association (former)
BA – Federal Bar Association (former)
Community & Committees
Halt Violence – Chairman, Board of Directors (former)
Restored Citizens Committee – Committee Member (former)
Legal Eagles
Vineyard Tuttle Crossing member
P&W Listed published author
Honors
2016 San Diego Citizen of Courage Award, Recipient, given for extraordinary acts of courage in support of justice Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers Rising Star 2017 to Present
National Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40
Top 10 Mass Tort Lawyers
Presentations & Publications
Spring 2022 Freddie Mack - Pride Month Legal Update
Spring 2022 - Central Ohio Rescue and Restore - Update
Spring 2022 - Ohio Trafficking Task Force
Spring 2022 - Trafficking
Winter 2022 - Harris Martin - Trafficking
Fall 2021 MTMP - Trafficking
Spring 2021 – MTMP, Speaker, Human Trafficking – Litigation Update
Winter 2020 - Masters of Mass Torts
Fall 2020 MTMP - Trafficking
Winter 2020 SBA - Business Interruption Cases
Spring 2020 MTMP - Trafficking
Spring 2019 – Harris Martin Valsartan – Discovery / Legal Issues / Medical Monitoring Class Actions
Spring 2019 – MTMP, Speaker, Human Trafficking – Defendants and Claims
Winter 2019 – America’s Lawyer, Interview, Federal workers, and Trump Administration for Government Shut Down
Winter 2018 – OAJ, Interview, Podcast Mass Torts
Fall 2018 – Ring of Fire, Interview, antitrust lawsuit against strips clubs for conspiracy to suppress wages of exotic dancers
Summer 2018 – MTMP Hernia Mesh, Speaker, Learned Intermediary and Deposition Pitfalls
Spring 2018 – ABC 6, Interview, Columbus Vice Arrests Stormy Daniels
Spring 2018 – Bard Webinar – Speaker, Jurisdiction
Spring 2018 – MTMP, Speaker, Bard MDL Jurisdiction
Spring 2016 – Federal Lawyer, Judicial Profile, Judge Peter C. Economus
