Donald L. Ridge

    Partner
    Los Angeles
    Direct: 213.417.5117
    Main: 213.891.9100

    Practice Focus:

    • Main Biography
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Environmental Law
    • Life Sciences
    • Products Liability

    Mr. Ridge is the Managing Partner of the Firm. He focuses his practice in the areas of product liability and commercial litigation. Mr. Ridge represents biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device companies in a variety of forums across the nation. He has successfully represented clients in individual, mass tort and class actions. His experience includes products for the treatment of conditions involving the cardiovascular system, mental health, blood, oncology, the endocrine system, infections, and orthopedics, and other medical products such as surgical tools, wheelchairs and defibrillators in matters alleging injuries from allergies to dermatological conditions to cardiovascular disorders to nervous system disorders. He routinely counsels these clients on litigation avoidance in many different areas, including clinical trials, sales representative practices and warnings.

    Mr. Ridge has also represented clients on other product liability matters concerning such products as household goods, food, automobiles and automobile parts, manufacturing machinery, chemicals and solvents.

    Mr. Ridge’s complex commercial litigation experience ranges from contractual disputes to commercial fraud. He also has experience in copyright, trademark and other intellectual property matters.

    Education

    • University of Southern California, 1987
    • Occidental College, 1982

    Court Admissions

    • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    • United States District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California

    Bar Admissions

    • California, 1987

    Professional Memberships and Activities

    • Defense Research Institute, Drug and Medical Device Subcommittee
    • American Bar Association
    • Los Angeles County Bar

    Distinctions

    • 2012 Southern California Super Lawyer
    • 2011 Southern California Super Lawyer
    • 2010 Southern California Super Lawyer
    • 2009 Southern California Super Lawyer
    • 2008 Southern California Super Lawyer
    • 2007 Southern California Super Lawyer
    • 2006 Southern California Super Lawyer
    • 2004 Southern California Super Lawyer

    Speeches and Publications

    • "US Courts & Recent Trends," in-house presentation to an insurance company in Zurich, Switzerland, 2012
    • Speaker, Hildebrandt Institute 8th Annual Practice Group Management Forum: New Models for Success, 2010
    • "Cross the Pond Without Drowning - How to Staff & Conduct Global Clinical Trials," Food, Drug & Healthcare MCLE Event, 2010
    • "Legal Issues Relating to Sales Force", 2005