Rogan v Lopez Los Angeles County Superior Court Case Number 19STCV02064.


From the Los Angeles court's freely available online case records it is Lawzilla's understanding the following occurred:

Attorney Steve Mazza was listed as the lead attorney for the plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident case.




During the lawsuit the defendant noticed the taking of Mazza's client's deposition. An opjection was made to the deposition. Defendant's attorney sent three letters seeking to meet and confer about the issue. The judge said Mazza and his law firm did not respond to any of the letters before defendant filed a motion to compel.




Defendant then filed a motion to compel the deposition and production of documents, and specifically sought sanctions against Steve Mazza, Esq.




In a tentative ruling the judge said Steve Mazza was engaged in misuse of the discovery process.

Specifically, the judge said attorney Steve Mazza:

- Failed to meet and confer

- Unsuccessfully opposed a motion to compel without substantial justification

- Failed to show substantial justification for failing to respond to discovery

The judge said Steve Mazza would be sanctioned $1530.




After the hearing on defendant's motion the judge adopted the tentative ruling as the final order of the court.

According to his online bar record, it appears attorney Steve Mazza has been discipline three times resulting in two suspensions and one order of probation. There was another instance where Mazza was suspended for failing to pay his bar dues.




In one case Steve Mazza represented the plaintiff in a car accident case. He failed to appear at hearings and the judge dismissed the lawsuit. When his client repeatedly tried to contact him about the status of her case he ignored him. When a State Bar investigator inquired Mazza did not respond.




The State Bar noted that despite being suspended from the practice of law, attorney Steve Mazza continued to practice law. Lawzilla note: We believe the uanauthorized practice of law could have resulted in a criminal prosecution and jailing of Mr. Mazza.




In another case the State Bar said attorney Mazza failed to give his client $10,000 of his money for more than four years. The bar said this was a misappropriation of client money and Mazza engaged in acts involving dishonesty, corruption or moral turpitude.




He apparently did virtually the same thing to another client, misappropriating $10,330.67 from the client for about six years!




The California State Bar has also stated Steve Mazza has been arrested twice and his office raided and files seized. Mazza has spent time in jail. However, the criminal investigation did not result in sufficient evidence of wrongdoing being found and the charges were dropped.




The bar then went on to recount numerous cases where Mr. Mazza did not properly account for client money and said he misappropriated client funds.

We were shocked reading Steve Mazza's disciplinary bar record.

The snippets quoted above are just a small portion of the many instances of misconduct. For example, here is a list of 14 additional cases where the bar said Mazza owed restitution to his clients:




In our opinion he should have been disbarred long go.

Lawzilla found a California State Bar order, involving a different attorney, indicating that being sanctioned by a judge for discovery abuse can result in State Bar discipline for failing to competently perform legal services.

was admitted to the California Bar in 1981. Bar Number 101076.

Steven L Mazza
8827 West Olympic Boulevard
Beverly Hills, California 90211

Law School: Southwestern University

Sanctions are Recoverable as a Judgment - Analysis of the little known fact that sanctions awarded in a lawsuit can be enforced as their own separate judgment. Surprise someone by putting a lien on their bank account, home, wages, etc.