Charles M. Rittgers

Charles M. Rittgers is a trial lawyer with a strong record in high-stakes criminal defense and serious injury cases. With a blend of criminal defense and personal injury trial experience, Charlie applies the structured discovery strategies of civil law to criminal defense, and vice versa, for more effective advocacy. He is willing to take cases to trial that most lawyers would settle and has tried jury trials in federal and state courts across multiple states. In injury cases, his notable outcomes include a $28 million truck crash settlement, a $12 million wrongful death settlement with no economic loss, an $11 million policy-limit car crash settlement, a $15 million summary jury verdict in federal court for a motorcycle crash, and a $10 million jury verdict in Hamilton County against Good Samaritan Hospital for medical malpractice wrongful death. In criminal defense, Charlie obtained a not guilty verdict in an international-attention murder case involving a false confession. He is a Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers and, at induction, was the youngest of all 10 ABCL fellows in Ohio.