A founder and managing partner of Soloff & Zervanos Personal Injury Attorneys, Donald M. Soloff has been practicing law for more than 40 years. His expertise lies in complex personal injury matters, including automobile accidents, product liability, premises liability, and medical malpractice.
Mr. Soloff has successfully obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in both State and Federal Court cases involving birth trauma, brain injuries, spinal injuries, burn injuries, wrongful death, and other catastrophic injuries. He has been admitted to the Million Dollar Advocate Forum —a position limited to trial attorneys who have demonstrated exceptional skill, experience, and excellence in advocacy by achieving a verdict, award, or settlement in the amount of $1 million or more. Donald M. Soloff has also been selected as a Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” by Philadelphia Magazine in the area of personal injury law from 2004-2025; a distinction that is limited to only the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state. He has been awarded an “AV” Peer Review Rating by Martindale- Hubbell, an honor given to those lawyers who have been recognized for their legal ability, expertise, and integrity and has been named one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyers in America by Lawdragon as well as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers. Mr. Soloff was recently nominated and is now a member of the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, an organization reserved for the top 1% of attorneys in the United States.
Having graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Williams College in 1975, Mr. Soloff furthered his education at Temple University School of Law, receiving his J.D. Degree in 1979. Following his Temple University graduation, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Edwin S. Maimed of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Soloff was admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania in 1979 and in New Jersey in 1984.
Mr. Donald M. Soloff is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well as the District Court of New Jersey. He serves as an Arbitrator in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas as well as an Arbitrator in various automobile-related claims, including uninsured and underinsured motorist arbitrations.
Mr. Rittereiser serves as Managing Partner in HKM’s Bellevue, Portland, and Bozeman offices. An experienced trial attorney, his litigation practice disrupts industries challenging antiquated business practices that deprive workers of pay and benefits to which they are entitled. With a focus on employment law, complex civil litigation, and class actions, he has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of workers, including some of the largest wage and hour class action verdicts, judgments, and settlements in the country.
For his work, Mr. Rittereiser has been included in the list of The Best Lawyers in America® for Employment Law, selected to The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers, earned a Top 50 Jury Verdict in the United States in 2024, the Number 1 Verdict in the United States for Wage and Hour Violations, recognized as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the King County Bar Association, and named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers® magazine.
Prior to HKM, Mr. Rittereiser served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the King County Prosecutor’s Office. A native of Eastern Washington, he received his degree in Economics from the University of Washington and earned his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago.
In addition, Mr. Rittereiser has been twice appointed by the Governor of Washington to the State Advisory Council on Homelessness, where he served to address the complex issues that affect our communities’ most vulnerable people and volunteers his legal services representing crime victims to ensure their rights and interests are protected.
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