Ryan Nelson

Cincinnati, OH

About Ryan Nelson

Ryan Nelson is a Cincinnati native with nearly 30 years of legal experience as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. He spent 12 years prosecuting felony matters and seven years as a division chief in the municipal court division at the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office. He has tried more than 150 jury trials, including aggravated murder, rape, arson, insurance fraud, burglary, robbery, domestic violence, aggravated vehicular homicide, and over a thousand OVI cases. Ryan has tried cases in Hamilton, Warren, Clermont, Brown, Butler, Montgomery, Clark, Greene, and Clinton Counties.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rittgers & Rittgers

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$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.
Wittenberg University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio

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