Eric Ratinoff

Eric Ratinoff Law Corp, Serious Personal Injury and Insurance Bad Faith

I started my firm because I wanted to provide my clients with my own brand of excellent legal representation, consistent with my unique human qualities of compassion, strength, caring and integrity. I have represented injured people for over twenty years. While I have very successfully tried and settled many cases over the years, I take nothing for granted. For that reason, I work very hard – harder than most. I do it because I love what I do and I am constantly striving to improve, learn new ways of doing things, better ways of connecting with juries. My clients deserve no less. I am proud of all of the great work that my team and I have done for our clients. Some of the cases in which I have made the biggest difference for my clients have included traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, motorcycle accidents, trucking and car accidents, medical malpractice cases, insurance bad faith cases, wildfire litigation, and product liability lawsuits. One of my trial victories involves what is believed to be the largest medical malpractice jury verdict in Sacramento County history. With a former law partner, I recovered $7.6 million on behalf of a young woman rendered T4 paraplegic due to a Medical Center’s failure to diagnose a mass on her spine. Over the past five years, I have personally represented hudreds of home and business owners who lost everything to preventable wildfires in California’s foothills and wine country.

Medical Malpractice
Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Products Liability
Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
Fees
  • Free Consultation
  • Contingent Fees
California
Since 1993
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Languages

  • English:
    Spoken, Written
  • Spanish:
    Spoken

Founder
Eric Ratinoff Law Corp
2015 –

Current

I am dedicated to obtaining the best possible results for my clients in all of my cases. I have been a lawyer for over 20 years, and I only represent injured people in personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, employment, and insurance bad faith cases. I love being a lawyer, and I take the time to get to understand my clients, their injuries, and the the many ways their injuries have had a lasting effect on them and their families. Over the years I have obtained multiple seven figure results for my clients. I encourage you to look at my website (www.ericratinoff.com) and to view my profile on LinkedIn (www.LinkedIn.com/in/EricRatinoff).
Partner
Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff
2002 –

2015

Plaintiffs civil trial lawyer specializing in serious personal injury cases and insurance bad faith cases. I represent clients when they have been injured by defective products, car accidents, negligent doctors, nursing homes, truck accidents, and motorcycle accidents. My insurance bad faith cases involve disability, life, homeowner, long-term care, fire, and property and casualty policies.
Partner/associate
Friedman, Collard, Cutter & Panneton
1993 –

2002

Plaintiffs civil trial lawyer on behalf of injured people in personal injury, product liability, automobile accident, medical malpractice, elder abuse, employment and insurance bad faith cases.
The Trial Lawyers College

2004

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University of California – Davis
J.D. | Law
1990


1993

Honors: Editor, U.C. Davis Law Review;
American Jurisprudence Award, Legal Writing
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Northern California Super Lawyers
Thompson-Reuters
2019
Eric Ratinoff has been named to Thompson-Reuters’ Northern California list of Super Lawyers for 10 consecutive years, including Northern California’s Top 100 and Sacramento’s Top 25 Super Lawyers.
Best of the Bar
Sacramento Business Journal
2019
Top 100
National Trial Lawyers
2019
Top Lawyers
Sacramento Magazine
2018
Brain Injury Association of California

Member of the Board
2014 –
Current
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Consumer Attorneys of California

Member of the Board
2014 –
Current
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Consumer Attorneys of California

Member
1993 –
Current
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Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association

Member
1993 –
Current
Activities: Through the years I served as Secretary, Vice President, and President of the organization, which is dedicated to further the rights of individuals in our trial courts.
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American Association for Justice

Member
1992 –
Current
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Sierra Forever Families

President
2009 –
2014
Activities: SFF is a non-profit organization whose mission it is to transform the lives of children and youth in foster care by building and nurturing permanent families.
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Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association

President
2006
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Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association

President
2006 –
2006
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Articles & Publications
Telling the Truth: Our most important trial skill
Plaintiff Magazine
February 1, 2012
Websites & Blogs

Website


Eric Ratinoff Law Corp
401 Watt Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95864
US
Toll-Free: (866) 527-4278
Telephone: (916) 970-9100