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Eric Ratinoff

Eric Ratinoff

Eric Ratinoff Law Corp, Serious Personal Injury and Insurance Bad Faith
  • Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability
  • California
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Ed K. April 7, 2020
Good communication and service The office of Eric Ratinoff provided professional service and advice in our claim with Pacific Gas and Electric after the Butte fire. There was excellent preparation for the mediation and good advice in creating a settlement. Members of his team seemed coordinated in their efforts and were timely with follow up.
J. L. April 6, 2020
Excellent Lawyer with Strong Integrity and Truly Cares About his Clients Eric Ratinoff has a reputation for being an excellent lawyer, among the best in California, and he has earned it. While some lawyers are cold and impersonal, Eric makes you feel very comfortable and at ease about the legal process. He is a great communicator and doesn't hesitate to make himself available during off-hours. He obviously knows a great deal about the law, but I was also extremely impressed by his extensive medical knowledge, particularly when it comes to brain injuries. TBI is not a very well understood injury, so finding a good advocate for brain injuries can be quite challenging. Eric is very well educated in this area, and seems to have a natural understanding for his brain injured clients, which explains why he handles a lot of these types of cases. He is very patient in explaining (and repeating) key details, and this extends to his staff, as well--they make a very difficult process easy, and this is important for people who have survived a TBI, as well as their caregivers. I would not hesitate to recommend Eric to anyone who has been seriously injured. I wouldn't think of going to anyone else.
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Biography

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.

Practice Areas
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
Additional Practice Areas
  • Car Accidents
  • Elder Abuse
  • Insurance Bad Faith
Fees
  • Free Consultation
  • Contingent Fees
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
  • Spanish: Spoken
Professional Experience
Founder
Eric Ratinoff Law Corp
- 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
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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
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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.
Education
The Trial Lawyers College
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University of California - Davis
J.D. | Law
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Honors: Editor, U.C. Davis Law Review; American Jurisprudence Award, Legal Writing
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Awards
Northern California Super Lawyers
Thompson-Reuters
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
Top 100
National Trial Lawyers
Top Lawyers
Sacramento Magazine
Professional Associations
Brain Injury Association of California
Member of the Board
- Current
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Consumer Attorneys of California
Member of the Board
- Current
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Consumer Attorneys of California
Member
- Current
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Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association
Member
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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
- Current
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Sierra Forever Families
President
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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
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Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association
President
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Publications
Articles & Publications
Telling the Truth: Our most important trial skill
Plaintiff Magazine
Speaking Engagements
Setting up Your UM/UIM Case for the Subsequent Bad Faith Case, CAOC Annual Convention, San Francisco
CAOC
https://www.caoc.org/index.cfm?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=68160
Websites & Blogs
Website
Contact & Map
Eric Ratinoff Law Corp
401 Watt Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95864
Toll-Free: (866) 527-4278
Telephone: (916) 970-9100