About Justin Sanders
Justin Sanders focuses his practice on wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases, mostly involving serious car and truck wrecks. Since joining the firm in 2021, Justin has helped recover tens of millions of dollars in compensation for clients, with multi-million dollar outcomes in truck crashes, slip-and-falls, dram shop cases, and more. Justin graduated from the University of Kentucky, where he was a pitcher on the Wildcats baseball team and earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll each year. He earned his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2004. He later gained jury trial experience as a felony prosecutor in the Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted burglary, child abuse, and murder cases.
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.
