PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Cutter is a partner who represents plaintiffs in a broad range of personal injury, medical negligence, insurance bad faith, and pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, as well as consumer class actions. He has achieved many significant settlements and verdicts on behalf of injured plaintiffs.

Mr. Cutter is an AV-rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell and has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer for 4 years in a row. His successes include:

• $7.6 Million dollar medical malpractice jury verdict (the largest in Sacramento County history) on behalf of a young woman who suffered a spinal cord injury after doctors failed to diagnose a tumor on her spine
• $23.5 million Qui Tam settlement for government fraud claims brought against Medtronic, Inc, one of the world’s largest medical device manufacturers, on behalf of one of four whistleblowers
• Appointed by the Federal Court to the Plaintiff's Steering Committee in the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis product liability case on behalf of patients injured by defective defibrillator leads, which settled for $220 million. 
• Currently serving as co-lead counsel in the HealthNet Security Breach Class Action
  
• Nationwide class settlement on behalf of Ford Motor Credit customers relating to late charges
• Class settlement on behalf of California Allstate insureds who were overcharged for automobile insurance
• Won compensation for over 200 people nationwide who were injured by a defective medical device

Mr. Cutter is fluent in Spanish.

Proven Results:  KCR's Brooks Cutter and Eric Ratinoff win what is believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Sacramento County history

News Reel:  Brooks Cutter to Teach Panel on Resolving Class Action Cases at CAOC Seminar

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS

• Board Member, Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association (formerly Sacramento Consumer Attorneys)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
  
• Past President, Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association
• Faculty Member, Spence Trial Lawyers College
• Former Board of Governors Member, Consumer Attorneys of California
• Volunteer, Trial Lawyers Care — Represented a family of a victim of the 9/11 tragedy through hearing and award, on a pro bono basis

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Honorable James R. Browning (1985 - 1986)

Listen to the KCRLegal Personal Injury Podcast, featuring Brooks Cutter!

Whistleblower Lawsuits: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4