About Ronni Whitehead

Senior Trial Attorney at The Barnes Firm's Los Angeles office representing clients in complex personal injury cases across Southern California, including motor vehicle collisions, premises liability, wrongful death, and catastrophic injuries. Over two decades of courtroom and negotiation experience. 49th President of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to The Barnes Firm Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$19.45 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2000 · #6

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

Erie County Supreme Court (Justice Christopher J. Burns); affirmed as modified, NY App. Div. 4th Dep't, Dec. 21, 2001 · 2000Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law
J.D.
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2006 (Bar No. 243321)
State Bar of Illinois, admitted 2003
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, admitted 2003
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, admitted 2007
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles (Lifetime Member; 49th President)
California Association of Black Lawyers
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Board Member, 2009-Present)
National Association of Professional Women
Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
State Bar of California Litigation Section

Awards & recognition

Southern California Super Lawyers (2016-2020, 2023-2026)
Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2015)
America's Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys
Best Lawyers (since 2019)
National Bar Association Top 40 Attorney Advocates Under 40 (2015)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles Presidential Award (2008, 2011)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Los Angeles firms

Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
$1.2 billion · $4.9 Billion Verdict Over Chevy Malibu Fuel Tank Fire
Taylor & Ring, LLP
Taylor & Ring, LLP
$47.41 million · Road Rage Chase That Killed Torrance Teen Ends in $61.7 Million Jury Verdict
McGee Lerer Ogrin
McGee Lerer Ogrin
$122.5 Million Settlement for 124 Survivors of Police Activities League Volunteer Eric Uller
West Coast Trial Lawyers
West Coast Trial Lawyers
$13.1 million · Federal Jury Awards $13.1 Million to Parents of Man Shot in the Back by Riverside County Deputy
Wilshire Law Firm
Wilshire Law Firm
$35.3 Million Verdict for 81-Year-Old Backseat Passenger Rear-Ended by Tractor-Trailer on the 10 Freeway

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