Mr. Ritti co-chairs the firm’s litigation department. His practice focuses on representing corporate clients in antitrust, construction, product liability, breach of warranty, and other types of complex commercial lawsuits. He served as a member of the Idaho Supreme Court’s Jury Reform Committee from 2000-2002 and currently serves as a member of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee for the U.S. District Court, District of Idaho. Mr. Ritti is currently listed in both Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers and Mountain States Super Lawyers for Antitrust Litigation, and is a member of the Leadership Council for the American Lung Association, Mountain Pacific Region.
Significant Representation
Lead trial counsel defending bank against class action claims involving breach of indenture agreements.
Lead trial counsel defending corporation against class action involving antitrust tying claims in the real estate brokerage industry.
Lead Idaho trial counsel defending corporation against claims of antitrust price discrimination and unfair trade practices in the auto parts industry.
Lead trial counsel defending corporation against class action claims of securities fraud.
Lead Idaho trial counsel defending corporation against class action claims in the sale of defective windows.
Co counsel defending corporation against claims of antitrust restraint of trade, price fixing and attempted monopolization in the health care industry.
Lead trial counsel defending corporation against claims of antitrust restraint of trade, price-fixing, product tying, unfair trade practices, and commercial disparagement in the garage door industry.
Lead Idaho trial counsel defending corporation against claims of antitrust restraint of trade, price-fixing, monopoly, and breach of contract in the auto parts industry.
Lead trial counsel defending national tire manufacturer in alleged defective tire cases.
Lead trial counsel for corporation pursuing multi-million dollar construction defect case regarding distribution center in eastern Pennsylvania.
Lead trial counsel defending construction engineering corporation against a $19 million claim for professional negligence, breach of contract and fraud regarding construction of a heap leach pad at a mining facility.
Lead trial counsel defending construction engineering corporation against a $13 million claim for breach of contractual indemnity obligation regarding a bridge collapse in the Republic of Palau and claims in multiple Hawaii projects.
Lead trial counsel for corporation pursuing $30 million action arising out of the construction and operation of the first federally permitted dioxin thermal destruction site in the United States, with claims including fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract and partnership accounting.
Practice Areas
Education
Law School: Duke University, J.D., 1973
Undergraduate: Villanova University, A.B., cum laude, 1970
