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Rittgers & Rittgers has earned the highest professional and ethical rating under Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system. Martindale-Hubbell is the nation's leading attorney rating service. Ninety percent of our clients are referred to us by other lawyers and former clients. We receive more calls than we can accept, but we listen and review every potential case carefully.
Rittgers & Rittgers was founded by Charles H. Rittgers and Ellen B. Rittgers and consists of five attorneys. Charles H. Rittgers is Past President of the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a Founding Member of the National DUI College, Past President of the Warren County Bar Association and was selected again as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, groups limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.
Ellen Rittgers practices exclusively in the area of divorce and custody and is Past President of the Warren County Bar Association, member of the Cincinnati Association of Collaborative Professionals, and a Member of the Warren County Domestic Relations Committee which is responsible for drafting the original Warren County Standard Order. Ellen was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees for Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio. She has also been selected as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers.
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We divide our legal practice into DUI/criminal defense, divorce and custody, personal injury, and civil trial work.
Our firm's client list includes numerous CEOs, judges, attorneys and professional athletes. In our criminal defense practice, our typical client is a person facing significant career and professional implications as a result of arrest or indictment.
Our typical family law client is someone who fears significant financial, professional, and personal loss as a result of a divorce.
Our personal injury clients are people facing economic catastrophe, physical pain and suffering, and emotional distress as the result of serious injuries.
Our attorneys are accustomed to handling high profile, high exposure cases which garner local, regional and national attention.
Local ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX television affiliates as well as hosts of national media programs such as The O'Reilly Factor, 20-20, CNN and Inside Edition have requested interviews with our attorneys over the past decade.
Our lawyers and our cases have been featured in the New York Times, New York Post, USA Today, and ESPN, as well as every major Ohio newspaper. More importantly, we are accustomed to using all means necessary to minimize or avoid publicity and exposure in highly sensitive matters.
With over 75 years of combined legal experience representing clients in thousands of contested hearings and trials, the Ohio law firm of Rittgers & Rittgers has developed a strong reputation for success throughout southwest Ohio.
In our years of practice, we have developed a professional relationship with the best and most qualified experts related to the cases we handle. Contact us through email or call 513-282-3362 for a consultation.



















