On November 23, 1954, Steve was born in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1972, he graduated from Parkway West Senior High School in Ballwin, Missouri. After college and law school, Steve was a VISTA volunteer at the Great Falls Montana Legal Services working for the poor.

     In 1980 Steve was commissioned as a Captain at the Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School, University of Virginia. He served on active duty as the Command Judge Advocate for the US Army Intelligence and Security Command Field Station in Augsburg, (West) Germany. Following his three year tour of overseas duty, Steve participated in a "European Out" program, attending Oxford University for one year as an external student.

     Steve then returned to the US, working for one year in Clovis and Portales New Mexico with the New Mexico Public Defender Department. In 1985 he settled in Santa Fe where he has remained ever since. He worked initially as the Death Penalty Defense Director for the Public Defenders and then became an associate with the Jones, Snead, Wertheim & Wentworth PA law firm. In 1992 he opened the Aarons Law Firm shingle where he has worked ever since.

     Steve and his wife Doris Valdez live in Santa Fe county. Together they have one son, Ian, age 8, who attends public elementary school in Santa Fe. Steve enjoys back country skiing, tennis, chess and guitar.