Kira Ritter

Associate at Malman Law
Chicago, IL2 years experience

About Kira Ritter

Kira M. Ritter is an Associate Attorney at Malman Law in Chicago, where she focuses on personal injury litigation. A trial-tested advocate, she joined Malman Law in 2025 after a stint at another Chicago personal injury firm, where she took 10 cases to jury trial in roughly a year. Originally from the Cincinnati area, Kira competed in Division I rowing at Clemson University and later at Indiana University, where she earned dual bachelor's degrees in Economics and Spanish Linguistics in 2020 before completing her J.D. at Penn State Law in 2023.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Malman Law

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$5.5 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of Sandy Brooks, an 85-year-old dialysis patient who died after a Richton Park nursing home sent him to none of his scheduled treatments, tying the largest nursing home neglect verdict in county history.

Cook County Circuit Court, IL (Richton Park) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$5.5 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of Bettye Patterson, 80, who struggled to breathe for about 20 minutes after a power outage shut off her supplemental oxygen at a Palos Heights nursing home.

Cook County Circuit Court, IL (Palos Heights) · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3 millionVerdict

A Cook County jury awarded $3 million to the family of Norma Darnell, 76, who died of pneumonia after a nurse at Alden Courts of Waterford in Aurora gave her about ten times her prescribed hydromorphone dose.

Cook County Circuit Court, IL (Aurora) · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Penn State Law (The Pennsylvania State University)
JD, 2023
Indiana University (BA Economics; BA Spanish Linguistics)
Undergraduate, 2020

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois

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