About Joseph Shea
Joe Shea is one of the most experienced trial attorneys in the Midwest with decades of practice focused on medical malpractice and serious personal injury. He has recovered record verdicts in several Ohio counties for victims and their families, including $8.3 million in Hamilton County, $6.5 million in Butler County, and $5.4 million in the Eastern District of Kentucky Federal Court. Joe has also served multiple times as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General. He is a Member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Diplomat of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury every year since 1995. He is the sole recipient of the Ohio State Bar Association's Ritter Award, given annually to one attorney for the highest degree of professionalism, ethics, and contribution to the legal profession.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
