About Erik Porcaro

Erik Porcaro is a personal injury attorney at Rutter Mills, LLP in Virginia, with decades of litigation experience. His practice covers personal injury litigation, car accidents, wrongful death, slip and fall claims, and complex injury cases.

Before his current role, Porcaro served as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, handling complex investigations and jury trials, and as house counsel to a large insurance company.

He earned his B.A. from Hamilton College and his Juris Doctor from Fordham Law School.

He is admitted to the Virginia State Bar.

Porcaro is a long-standing member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and serves on the Advisory Board of Operation Smile. He is featured on Coastal Virginia Magazine's Top Lawyers List and won the second-highest trial verdict in Virginia in 2015. He serves as a guest lecturer and trial advocacy instructor for lawyers in New York, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

Notable case results include a $3.5 million verdict for a teacher hit by a drunk driver and a $1.8 million wrongful death settlement.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rutter Mills, LLP

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

$4.01 millionVerdict

A Norfolk jury awarded $4,007,478 after a 14-year-old riding a scooter through a marked crosswalk was struck and killed by a driver who later admitted liability, leaving the trial focused solely on damages.

Norfolk Circuit Court · 2021Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Hamilton College
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Virginia
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Operation Smile (Advisory Board)

Awards & recognition

Coastal Virginia Magazine Top Lawyers List
2nd Highest Trial Verdict in Virginia (2015)

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