Steve Magas, the Bike Lawyer, is an avid cyclist and Ohio Trial Lawyer who has handled more than 450 "bike cases" over his 38+ year career. Steve is the author of many articles on "Bike Law" and co-author of "Bicycling & The Law." Steve is also a contributing author to "Bicycle Accident Reconstruction & Litigation." His unique Bike Law practice was featured in Lawyer's Weekly USA, and locally in C
incinnati magazine and Cincy Business as well as the Cincinnati Post. Steve has developed a legal education program for lawyers & judges called "BIKE LAW 101" which he has given throughout the state. Steve's Bike Law practice takes him all over Ohio. In the past few years alone he has had cases in Cleveland, Youngstown, Toledo, Mansfield, Columbus, Dayton, Bellefontaine, Marietta, Ironton, Stow, Bowling Green, Pickerington, Lima, Findlay, and many more. He has appeared in many of Ohio's 88 Common Pleas Courts to protect the rights of cyclists injured or killed in crashes. In addition to his trial practice, Steve is a long time bike advocate, starting back in the 1980s in Cincinnati. He now works with local advocates throughout Ohio and has sat on the Board of the Ohio Bicycle Federation for many years. Steve also sits on the Legal Committee of the League of American Bicyclists, which drafts Model Laws and consults on special legal projects. For the past 10 years Steve has been working on his Fatal Crash Project in which he studies, in detail, every fatal bike crash in Ohio. After working on this as a "side project" in his solo law office, Steve is now starting a NEW non-profit entity which will take over the project. The new entity should be up and running by Jan 1, 2021 and will seek funding to study the fatal crashes in a more formal fashion. It will gather all data- crash reports, witness statements, photos, videos, crash reconstruction data, forensic reports, alcohol data and more. The group will study this data, catalog it and report its findings. The data & reports will help cyclists, legislators, media understand what is happening on Ohio's roads, and why. Steve can usually be found on one of two bikes... his Bike Friday World Tourist, with e-assist, or his custom painted Independent Fabrication Club Racer...
