About Ruth Rizkalla
Ruth Rizkalla is a Partner in The Carlson Law Firm's Los Angeles (Manhattan Beach) office, where she leads complex litigation and mass tort matters. With over two decades of experience, she represents victims injured by defective products, dangerous drugs, and medical devices, and has held leadership roles in multiple major MDLs including the Lyft Passenger Sex Assault MDL, Acetaminophen MDL, Social Media MDL, Elmiron MDL, and Paragard MDL.
Proven verdicts and settlements at The Carlson Law Firm
These results are credited to The Carlson Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A federal court in Washington, D.C. awarded $1.956 billion to 114 survivors and Gold Star family members in Carlson Law Firm's second successful default-judgment lawsuit holding Iran liable for the October 2000 USS Cole bombing.
A federal court in Washington, D.C. awarded $807 million to 58 USS Cole bombing survivors and immediate family members after finding that Iran provided material support to the al-Qaeda operatives who carried out the 2000 attack.
A San Antonio jury returned the largest sexual assault verdict in U.S. history against a sole assailant, awarding $325 million to a child sexually abused by her grandfather over multiple years.
A Travis County jury awarded Ronnie Claxton of Del Valle and his wife about $7.4 million in January 2020 after an oversized load struck a Highway 71 overpass and a heavy steel tie-down ratchet from the load came through his windshield, injuring his neck and spine. On August 31, 2022, the Eighth Court of Appeals reversed in large part, rendering judgment for the owner and on several claims against the company and driver, and remanded the remaining claims for a new trial.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
