Jerome L. Ringler, Attorney

Experience

Name partner Jerome L. Ringler is regarded as one of the premier trial attorneys in California, having tried over 75 cases to verdict with phenomenal success. He has achieved the rank of Diplomate, the highest level of achievement in the American Board of Trial Advocates and a rank attained by only a small fraction of lawyers in the United States. He is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, an elite organization of courtroom attorneys which selects its members from the top of the crust of the trial bar. Indeed, membership is limited to 500 lawyers from the United States judged to possess, to an exceptional degree, superior skill and recognized ability in trial and appellate practice, and to be of excellent character and absolute integrity. Mr. Ringler has also been awarded "best of" recognitions by various media and legal associations such as Super Lawyer magazine, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, California Trial Lawyers Association, and Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Mr. Ringler's practice focuses on the trial of catastrophic personal injury matters, business torts and class actions.  Mr. Ringler has served in a leadership role on numerous occasions involving state-wide mass tort actions and has served as well in a leadership role involving a national class action.  Mr. Ringler served as co-lead counsel in the Glendale Metrolink Derailment Disaster coordinated mass tort action involving eleven deaths and over one-hundred injuries which at the time was the largest commuter rail disaster in our nation's history.  He also served as co-lead counsel in the Chatsworth Collision Metrolink coordinated mass tort action which currently stands as the largest commuter rail disaster in our nation's history and involved casualties which included twenty-five deaths and over one-hundred injuries.  Additionally, Mr. Ringler has served as co-lead counsel in the Placentia Metrolink collision cases and the Burbank Metrolink collision cases where he successfully obtained multi-million dollar jury verdicts for the lead plaintiffs in each of these matters.  Finally, Mr. Ringler was appointed as one of nine lead attorneys to prosecute a national class action against Toyota Motor Corporation arising out of the sudden acceleration claims filed by hundreds of attorneys across the country.  The Toyota national class action is one of the largest national class actions prosecuted over the past twenty years in the United States.   Selected jury verdicts and settlements obtained by Mr. Ringler are provided on this web page together with news and press reports which analyze his stellar results.      


Selected Jury Verdicts

$156 million class action verdict on behalf of doctors defrauded by an insurance company.

$30 million for the parents of an infant who suffered damage due to hospital negligence.

$16 million for corporation which was the victim of theft of their trade secrets.

$12 million for a paraparetic victim of a truck vs. train collision where there were no lost wages and the plaintiff could walk with the assistance of a walker.

$10 million for an injured construction worker who fractured his hip due to the negligence of a general contractor.

$8.9 million for a commuter train passenger who suffered facial fractures and post-traumatic stress disorder due to a collision caused by the negligence of another railroad.

$7.5 million for an injured motorist who suffered brain damage and could not recall the accident, and where all witnesses ascribed fault to him.

$6.75 million for a commuter train passenger who suffered a closed head injury resulting in PTSD, cognitive impairment and personality changes due to the negligence of a railroad.

$4.5 million recovered for a switchman who lost his leg below the knee due to the negligence of the railroad.

$3.5 million for an unemployed 60-year-old man who lost an arm due to the negligence of a trucking company in loading a semi-trailer.

$3.3 million for an individual who was the victim of a corporate stock fraud.

$3.1 million recovered in a products liability action for an individual who suffered two fractured vertebrae due to defective railroad grain car design.

$2.9 million for a railroad switchman who suffered a knee injury due to the negligence of the railroad.

$2.9 million for a young female pedestrian who suffered a closed head injury when struck by a defendant's vehicle.

$2.8 million for a railroad engineer who suffered a shoulder and foot injury due to the negligence of a construction company.

$2.5 million for a railroad switchman who suffered a back injury due to the negligence of the railroad.

$2.3 million for a minor child who suffered a head injury due to the negligence of the parking lot management personnel.

$2.1 million recovered in a products liability action for an individual who suffered burn injuries due to defective vehicle fuel system design.

$2 million recovered for a conductor who suffered a back injury due to the negligence of a railroad.


Selected Settlements

$13 million recovered against a commuter rail service for victims who were injured and lost loved ones in a railroad disaster caused by a deranged felon who left a Jeep on the tracks and was later convicted of eleven counts of first degree murder and one count of arson.

$12 million recovered in a class action lawsuit on behalf of pharmacists who were denied overtime pay by a major healthcare provider.

$12 million recovered in a products liability action for the wrongful death of middle-aged spouses due to defective recreational vehicle design.

$10 million recovered in a products liability action for the wrongful death of a spouse due to defective tire design.

$10 million recovered in a class action lawsuit on behalf of consumers financially harmed by the deceptive practices of a national retailer.

$6.8 million for a construction worker who suffered a spinal cord injury due to the negligence of a general contractor.

$4.5 million recovered for a switchman who lost his leg due to the negligence of a railroad.

$4.1 million for the wrongful death of a spouse due to the negligence of a ship owner.

$4 million recovered in a products liability action for an individual who suffered brain damage due to defective automotive vehicle design.

$3.5 million for wrongful death of a middle-aged man killed in a traffic accident.

$2.5 million for a minor child who suffered brain damage due to hospital negligence.

$2 million recovered for a conductor who suffered a back injury due to the negligence of a railroad.

$2 million for a minor child who suffered burns due to the negligent child placement by the County of Los Angeles.

$2 million recovered for a man who suffered a back injury in a car accident where there was no physical damage to the vehicles involved.


Speaking Engagements

Mr. Ringler has lectured for over 25 years, the following are only selected presentations: