About Andrew Ratto

Andrew Ratto focuses on civil litigation including product liability, premises liability, and personal injury claims. A lifelong California resident raised in Marin County, he earned his B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado in 2012 and his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law, graduating with Academic Honors and lifetime membership in the Honor Society for Academic Excellence. During law school he worked with the Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Judges on Longshore matters, and after graduation he gained experience at a San Francisco defense firm specializing in premises liability before joining plaintiff-side personal injury practice.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Cartwright Law Firm

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

The Cartwright Law Firm was among the first California filers against Merck over the painkiller Vioxx, and Robert Cartwright Jr. served on the California JCCP Plaintiffs' Steering Committee through the 2007 global resolution that distributed $4.85 billion across more than 45,000 claimants.

California Superior Court (JCCP 4247, Los Angeles) / MDL-1657 (E.D. La.) · 2007Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$5.1 millionVerdict

Robert Cartwright Jr. secured a $5.1 million jury verdict, later affirmed on appeal, for Henry Dendy, whose hand was severed by a Craftsman radial arm saw that Sears and Emerson Electric sold without a full blade guard.

San Francisco, CA (California trial court; affirmed by California Court of Appeal) · 1990Product LiabilityRead 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 San Francisco School of Law
J.D., 2016
University of Colorado
Undergraduate, 2012

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2016

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Arash Law
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$41.95 Million Verdict Against Walmart After In-Store Baseball Bat Attack
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Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn
$47.5 Million Settlement for Boy Crushed by Rotten Tanoak at San Mateo County Campground

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