C. Brooks Cutter
Brooks is a partner who represents plaintiffs in a broad range of personal injury, medical negligence, insurance bad faith, and pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, as well as consumer class actions. He has achieved many significant settlements and verdicts on behalf of injured plaintiffs. An AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, Brooks has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer for 11 years in a row. A few notable case results include: - $7.6 Million jury verdict on behalf of a client who suffered a spinal cord injury when her doctors failed to diagnose a tumor on her spine. - $23.5 Million in whistleblower action against one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers, Medtronic Inc for defrauding the federal government. - Co-Lead Counsel for more than 200 individuals who were injured by a defective medical device manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (settlement confidential). - $240 Million nationwide settlement – Brooks was a member of the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee against Boston Scientific and Guidant on behalf of 5,000 clients injured by defective cardiac defibrillators. PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Northern California Super Lawyer — 2005 – 2014 Consecutively - Sacramento Top 25 Super Lawyers – 2013 – 2014 - Best of the Bar, Sacramento Business Journal, 2014 - Martindale-Hubbell AV-Preeminent Rated Attorney - Advocate of the Year, 2007, Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association - Finalist, 2005 Consumer Attorney of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California - Presidential Award of Merit, 2005, Consumer Attorneys of California - Award of Merit, Sacramento Consumer Attorneys PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS - Board Member, Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association (formerly Sacramento Consumer Attorneys) - American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) - Past President, Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association - Faculty Member, Spence Trial Lawyers College - Former Board of Governors Member, Consumer Att
- Antitrust Law
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- 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
- Car Accidents
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Spanish: Spoken
- Stanford University
- J.D.
- Best of the Bar
- Sacramento Business Journal
- Advocate of the Year
- Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association
- Presidential Award of Merit
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Northern California Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- 2005-2014
- Sacramento Top 25 Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2013-2014
- Capitol City Trial Lawyers
- Past President
- Current
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- Current
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Former Board of Governors Member
- Current
- Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association
- Board Member
- Current
- Spence Trial Lawyers College
- Faculty Member
- Current