Eric J. Ratinoff

Eric J. Ratinoff is a Sacramento personal injury lawyer and founding attorney who has represented injured people for nearly three decades. His practice includes wildfire litigation, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, motorcycle accidents, trucking and car accidents, and medical malpractice. He handles insurance bad faith and product liability cases as well. His work focuses on serious claims involving substantial physical, financial, and property losses throughout California.

Ratinoff earned his J.D. from the University of California, Davis, and his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He attended the Trial Lawyers College and graduated from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. His education and advanced advocacy training provided a strong foundation in litigation, negotiation, case presentation, and dispute resolution. This background supports his approach to preparing complex injury cases and communicating clients’ losses to judges, juries, and insurers.

Ratinoff has obtained significant recoveries in medical malpractice, accident, insurance, and catastrophic injury cases. He secured a $7.6 million medical malpractice jury verdict for a woman left paraplegic after a spinal mass went undiagnosed. Since the 2015 Butte Fire, he has represented hundreds of families and business owners affected by preventable California wildfires. His wildfire work has included claims arising from the Butte, North Bay, Camp, and other major fires.

Eric J. Ratinoff has received sustained recognition for trial advocacy and personal injury work. He was selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer from 2010 through 2022 and has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He has served as faculty at the Trial Lawyers College and on the Consumer Attorneys of California board. His background combines extensive litigation experience with advocacy for people and businesses recovering from catastrophic injuries and disasters.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founding Attorney, Eric Ratinoff Law Corp
• Member, State Bar of California
• Member, Cien Amigos
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers
• Member, National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
• Member, Insurance Bad Faith Trial Lawyers Association

Licensed State

• California

Education

• University of California, Davis
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of California, Santa Cruz
  Bachelor of Arts

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