Background
Ritt, D. Jay was born on April 14, 1963 in Frankfurt, West Germany.
Ritt, D. Jay was born on April 14, 1963 in Frankfurt, West Germany.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, with distinction in General Scholarship, 1985). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1988).
Worked at Bensinger, Grayson & Ritt (Pasadena, California) specializing in Criminal Defense in State and Federal Courts, General Civil and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Business and Insurance Litigation, Entertainment Law, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Intellectual Property and Mediation of Family, Divorce and Community Disputes. Admitted to the bar, 1988, California and United States.
District Court, Central District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Member, California Law Review, 1986-1988.
Company-Author: "Bribery" chapter in West"s California Criminal Law. Special Master, State of California, 1990.
Attorney, Quinn, Kully and Morrow Law Firm, 1988-1995.
Member: Los Angeles County and Federal Bar Associations. State Bar of California. Legal Aid Foundation (President and Member, Associates Committee, 1991-1993).
Bensinger, Grayson & Ritt is a small law partnership consisting of six attorneys (four partners and two attorneys of counsel) and a support staff
The firm had its genesis in mid-1995 when Kerry Bensinger, Pegine Grayson and Jay Ritt realized their vision of creating an aggressive, efficient and technologically advanced law office that would offer clients a wide range of high quality legal services, comparable to those available at larger firms, while maintaining the responsive and personal relationships with clients that are only possible with a smaller office case load.
Member, California Law Review, 1986-1988.