Richard Lawrence Steinberg (born December 23, 1972) is an American politician and lawyer from Florida. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2008 until his resignation in February 2012.
His father, Paul Steinberg, served in the Florida Legislature in the 1970s and '80s.[3] Steinberg's wife, Micky, was elected to the Miami Beach city commission in 2013.[4]
Steinberg's political career began in 2001, when he was elected to the Miami Beach city commission. He was the second-youngest city commissioner ever elected.[3]
He was elected to the Florida House in 2008, from a district encompassing parts of coastal northeastern Miami-Dade County.
In 2012, the Miami Herald reported that Steinberg was being investigated by the Secret Service for sending anonymous sexting messages to an Assistant U.S. Attorney. He resigned in February 2012, shortly after the Secret Service investigation became public.[5][6]
The investigation was closed in November 2012, with prosecutors saying they could not prove that Steinberg acted in a 'malicious' way.[7]
