Don Ricketts graduated from Providence College, Providence, R.I.; Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.; and the University of Southern California Institute of Business Economics, Los Angeles . He is admitted to practice law in California, Massachusetts, other state courts (to handle specific suits), and several Federal courts. (He is also certified as a Master Gardener by the University of California Cooperative Extension. )
For approximately 15 years he was employed as General Counsel, Trial for the Santa Fe Railway and Senior Trial Counsel for Travelers, Great American and Farmers Insurance Companies.
He has maintained a private practice for 35 years restricted to civil lawsuits, with an emphasis on complex class actions that have recovered millions of dollars for consumers and stopped unfair practices. He has tried, to a jury verdict, approximately 100 cases and settled hundreds more.
He has written for popular and professional publications and has been counsel in a number of published appellate opinions (see attached). He has acted as a Judge Pro Tem in Los Angeles County Superior Court (Valencia) and is a judge at an annual national moot court competition sponsored by Southwestern University Law School and the law firm of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP.
He was the subject of a lengthy profile in Los Angeles' leading legal newspaper, the Daily Journal.
He lives in Santa Clarita with his wife, Deborah. He has six children, seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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28855 Kenroy Avenue
Santa Clarita, California 91387
Phone: 661-250-3091
E-mail: don@donricketts.com
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Appellate Cases
A.T. & S. F. Ry Co. v. Inland Boatmen’s Union of the Pacific (1968) U.S. Ct. App. 9th Circuit No. 26, 139
A.T. & S.F. Ry Co. v. Western Pacific Ry. Co. (1972) Cal. DCA2 No. 41569
Bailey v. Superior Court (1976) Cal,DCA2 No. 2-CIV-47783
California Public Records Research, Inc. v. County of Stanislaus (2016) 246 Cal.App.4th 2432
California Public Records Research, Inc. v. County of Yolo Cal. (2016) DCA3 No. C078158 (published)
Excelpro, Inc. v. Adolph Coors Company (1978), U.S. Ct. App, 9th Circuit No. 77-3913
Forces Action Project v. State of California (2002) U.S. Ct. App. 9th Circuit No.02-15366
Kinsling v. T.W.A. (reported sub nom La Mar v. H&B Novelty Co.) (1974) 489 F.2d 501
Lynch v. People (1974) Kern County Sup. Ct. App. Dept. No. A-184
Lyon v. U.S. District Court (1978) U.S. Ct. App. 9th Circuit No. 78-1210
Mariana v. Fisher (2003) 338 F.3d 189
Mize v. A.T.& S.F. Ry. Co. (1975) 46 Cal.App.3d 436
Ollestad v. Kelley (1978) 573 F.2d 1109
People v. A.T.& S.F. Ry. (1969) 268 C.A.2d 501
Railway Executives Association v. A.T. & S. F. Ry. Co. (1969) U. S. Ct. App., 9th Circuit No. 23908
Retail Flooring Dealers of America, Inc. v. Beaulieu of America (2003) 339 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2003)
Ricketts v. Farmers Insurance Co. (2001) Cal. DCA2 No. B140852
Ricketts v. McCormack (2009) , Cal.DCA2 No. B210123
Shames v. Superior Court (1981) Cal.DCA2 No. 63875
St. Louis San Francisco Ry. Co. v, Superior Court (1969) Cal. DCA2 No. 34663
Walsh v. Local Union No. 47 (1977) U.S. Ct. App. 9th Circuit No. 77-4737
Publications
A Word From Save Our Library, The Santa Clarita Valley Signal (November 20, 2010)
Class Actions: Has the Tide Turned?, Los Angeles Lawyer, p. 12 (June 2008)
Consumer Class Actions, The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, (April 3, 2008)
Handling a Smog Violation Case, The Chronicle, p. 45 (February 1969)
Judging Judges, Metropolitan News-Enterprise (October 2, 2003)
Jury Verdicts and the Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis, 124 West J. Medicine, p. 169 (February 1976)
Nixon Subpoena: Can It Get the “Plumbers” Off?, L.A. Times, Part II, p. 9 (March 26, 1974)
Proposed Revisions of FRCP Rule 23, unpublished journal note (1964)
The Basis and Scope of Executive Privilege, Samuel Pool Weaver Constitutional Law Competition (1974)
The Ebb and Flow of Class Action Lawsuits, Los Angeles Lawyer (June 2004)
The New Grade-Crossing Case, The Chronicle (March 1973)
The Rapist Deserves Due Process Too, L.A. Times, Pt. II, p. 7 (August 22, 1974) (title by L.A. Times)
What are the limits on medical marijuana?, The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, http://www.signalscv.com/archives/24532/ (February 12, 2010).
Why Government Should Pay Damages, L.A. Times, Pt IX, p. 1 (February 17, 1974)
Media Comment
Ackerman, A Little Taste of Tuscany in Santa Clarita, The Magazine of Santa Clarita, p.21 (October 2002)
Roemer, The Whistle Blower and the Judge, House Counsel, p. 27 (May/June 2001)
Roemer, Profile, Daily Journal, p. 1 (September 19, 2001)
For approximately 15 years he was employed as General Counsel, Trial for the Santa Fe Railway and Senior Trial Counsel for Travelers, Great American and Farmers Insurance Companies.
He has maintained a private practice for 35 years restricted to civil lawsuits, with an emphasis on complex class actions that have recovered millions of dollars for consumers and stopped unfair practices. He has tried, to a jury verdict, approximately 100 cases and settled hundreds more.
He has written for popular and professional publications and has been counsel in a number of published appellate opinions (see attached). He has acted as a Judge Pro Tem in Los Angeles County Superior Court (Valencia) and is a judge at an annual national moot court competition sponsored by Southwestern University Law School and the law firm of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP.
He was the subject of a lengthy profile in Los Angeles' leading legal newspaper, the Daily Journal.
He lives in Santa Clarita with his wife, Deborah. He has six children, seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
28855 Kenroy Avenue
Santa Clarita, California 91387
Phone: 661-250-3091
E-mail: don@donricketts.com
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Appellate Cases
A.T. & S. F. Ry Co. v. Inland Boatmen’s Union of the Pacific (1968) U.S. Ct. App. 9th Circuit No. 26, 139
A.T. & S.F. Ry Co. v. Western Pacific Ry. Co. (1972) Cal. DCA2 No. 41569
Bailey v. Superior Court (1976) Cal,DCA2 No. 2-CIV-47783
California Public Records Research, Inc. v. County of Stanislaus (2016) 246 Cal.App.4th 2432
California Public Records Research, Inc. v. County of Yolo Cal. (2016) DCA3 No. C078158 (published)
Excelpro, Inc. v. Adolph Coors Company (1978), U.S. Ct. App, 9th Circuit No. 77-3913
Forces Action Project v. State of California (2002) U.S. Ct. App. 9th Circuit No.02-15366
Kinsling v. T.W.A. (reported sub nom La Mar v. H&B Novelty Co.) (1974) 489 F.2d 501
Lynch v. People (1974) Kern County Sup. Ct. App. Dept. No. A-184
Lyon v. U.S. District Court (1978) U.S. Ct. App. 9th Circuit No. 78-1210
Mariana v. Fisher (2003) 338 F.3d 189
Mize v. A.T.& S.F. Ry. Co. (1975) 46 Cal.App.3d 436
Ollestad v. Kelley (1978) 573 F.2d 1109
People v. A.T.& S.F. Ry. (1969) 268 C.A.2d 501
Railway Executives Association v. A.T. & S. F. Ry. Co. (1969) U. S. Ct. App., 9th Circuit No. 23908
Retail Flooring Dealers of America, Inc. v. Beaulieu of America (2003) 339 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2003)
Ricketts v. Farmers Insurance Co. (2001) Cal. DCA2 No. B140852
Ricketts v. McCormack (2009) , Cal.DCA2 No. B210123
Shames v. Superior Court (1981) Cal.DCA2 No. 63875
St. Louis San Francisco Ry. Co. v, Superior Court (1969) Cal. DCA2 No. 34663
Walsh v. Local Union No. 47 (1977) U.S. Ct. App. 9th Circuit No. 77-4737
Publications
A Word From Save Our Library, The Santa Clarita Valley Signal (November 20, 2010)
Class Actions: Has the Tide Turned?, Los Angeles Lawyer, p. 12 (June 2008)
Consumer Class Actions, The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, (April 3, 2008)
Handling a Smog Violation Case, The Chronicle, p. 45 (February 1969)
Judging Judges, Metropolitan News-Enterprise (October 2, 2003)
Jury Verdicts and the Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis, 124 West J. Medicine, p. 169 (February 1976)
Nixon Subpoena: Can It Get the “Plumbers” Off?, L.A. Times, Part II, p. 9 (March 26, 1974)
Proposed Revisions of FRCP Rule 23, unpublished journal note (1964)
The Basis and Scope of Executive Privilege, Samuel Pool Weaver Constitutional Law Competition (1974)
The Ebb and Flow of Class Action Lawsuits, Los Angeles Lawyer (June 2004)
The New Grade-Crossing Case, The Chronicle (March 1973)
The Rapist Deserves Due Process Too, L.A. Times, Pt. II, p. 7 (August 22, 1974) (title by L.A. Times)
What are the limits on medical marijuana?, The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, http://www.signalscv.com/archives/24532/ (February 12, 2010).
Why Government Should Pay Damages, L.A. Times, Pt IX, p. 1 (February 17, 1974)
Media Comment
Ackerman, A Little Taste of Tuscany in Santa Clarita, The Magazine of Santa Clarita, p.21 (October 2002)
Roemer, The Whistle Blower and the Judge, House Counsel, p. 27 (May/June 2001)
Roemer, Profile, Daily Journal, p. 1 (September 19, 2001)