About Steve Kilburn

Steve Kilburn is a Warren County native who lives with his wife in Morrow. He graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 2010 magna cum laude as an honors scholar, then attended the University of Dayton School of Law on an academic scholarship, where he served as a staff writer and comment editor for the law review. He clerked at Warren County Juvenile and Probate Court before graduating in 2013. After early experience in personal injury and medical malpractice, Steve joined the Rittgers firm in 2014 and focuses on personal injury litigation.

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.

Practice areas

Education

University of Dayton School of Law
J.D., 2013
Eastern Kentucky University
Undergraduate, 2010

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio, admitted 2013

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