Ellen Rittgers

Cincinnati, OHAdmitted 1979

About Ellen Rittgers

Ellen B. Rittgers has been in private practice for nearly 40 years and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Miami University. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1979. For the last 35 years she has limited her practice to family law, particularly divorce, dissolution, child custody, and collaborative law. In 2007 Ellen was elected President of the Warren County Bar Association. She is a former board member for Warren County Children Services and the former Clinton Memorial Hospital. Ellen is listed in Ohio Super Lawyers and has appeared on the Cincinnati Top 50 and Cincinnati Top 25 Women Lawyer lists.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rittgers & Rittgers

These results are credited to Rittgers & Rittgers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$10 millionVerdict

A Cincinnati jury awarded $10 million on May 1, 2026, after finding that TriHealth's Good Samaritan Hospital placed 69-year-old Terri Price in a psychiatric unit instead of a medical unit, leaving her without the nursing care and IV antibiotics needed to treat her advancing sepsis.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, Cincinnati, OH · 2026Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$3 millionVerdict

A Hamilton County jury found JACK Cincinnati Casino 100% liable after a 69-year-old patron tripped over a collapsed wet-floor sign that a casino employee had walked past seconds before the fall, fracturing her kneecap and requiring surgery.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, Cincinnati, OH · 2019Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
Verdict

A Warren County jury acquitted Brooke Skylar Richardson on all serious charges, including aggravated murder and involuntary manslaughter, after Charles H. Rittgers and Charles M. Rittgers convinced jurors the newborn had been stillborn.

Warren County Common Pleas Court, Lebanon, OH · 2019Read the full story →

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

Education

University of Cincinnati College of Law
J.D., 1979
Miami University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio, admitted 1979

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