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Wesley Matthew Nakajima - Lebanon, OH
12 East Warren Street Lebanon, OH 45036
Rittgers Rittgers & Nakajima
Lebanon Personal Injury - General Lawyer
Overview
Matt Nakajima is a sought-after trial lawyer focusing his practice on wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases. His passion and dedication to clients drive his results. In the last 8 years, Matt has obtained over $50 million in verdicts, judgments, and settlements on behalf of his clients. In 2022 alone, Matt has successfully resolved cases for $7 million, $3 million, $3 million, $2 million, $2 million, and numerous $1 million policy limit settlements.
Matt does not shy away from difficult cases and is known for obtaining extraordinary results under the most challenging circumstances. For example, in 2021, Matt and Lindsay Lawrence entered a case two weeks before trial and obtained at $825,000 jury verdict in Warren County, Ohio, on behalf of a woman who suffered an ankle fracture. The top offer before their involvement was $90,000 as the defense was disputing liability and causation. In 2019, Matt and Charlie Rittgers obtained a $3,000,000 jury verdict in Hamilton County, Ohio, on behalf of a 71-year-old woman who suffered a fractured knee cap. The top offer before trial was a mere $25,000. Matt accepted the case after multiple law firms had turned it down believing the case to be too difficult to win against a multi-billion-dollar corporation. In 2018, Matt and his client had a top offer of $20,000 from a large insurance company after a shoulder tear injury. He, his co-counsel, and his client refused the offer and went to a jury trial. The verdict was $1,028,317 and one of the largest for a non-death case in the history of Campbell County, Kentucky. Matt, along with Kyle Salyer, successfully pursued the company on a bad faith action following the verdict.
As a result of his track record of success in the courtroom, Matt is often asked to speak to trial lawyer organizations across the country on trial advocacy, litigation, and injury law. Respected by his peers, Matt has been a recipient of the prestigious "Super Lawyer" and/or "Rising Star" awards by Super Lawyers every year since 2013.
About Wesley Matthew Nakajima
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury - General 20%
- Personal Injury - Truck Wrecks 50%
- Personal Injury - Brain Injury 10%
- Personal Injury - Wrongful Death 10%
- Personal Injury - Car Accidents 10%
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- Trial Attorney
Languages
- English
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio, 2009
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
- Kentucky, 2009
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- Federal Claims Court
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
Other Affiliations
- The Ohio Association of Justice, 2009 - Present (Member)
- The Kentucky Justice Associations (Board of Governor 2009-2016)
- American Association of Justice , 2009 - Present (Member)
- Ohio Trial Lawyers Association, 2014 - Present (Member)
- The Kentucky Justice Associations, 2009 - Present (Member)
Education
- Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Highland Heights, Kentucky, 2008
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude
Law Review: N. KY L. Rev., Associate Editor, 2007 - 2008 - Bellarmine University , Louisville, Kentucky, 2004
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: With High Honors
Major: Economics - Northern Kentucky University , 2008
LL.D.
Past Positions
- O'Connor Acciani & Levy, Attorney, 2014 - 2019
- The Sanders Law Firm, Attorney, 2009 - 2014
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Wesley Matthew Nakajima
Included on the 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2024 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Ohio Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Kentucky Super Lawyers list
View the profile for Wesley Matthew Nakajima on Super Lawyers
Honors
- Recipient of the prestigious “Rising Star” award, Super Lawyers every year since 2013
- Top 40 under 40 attorneys for Kentucky and Ohio, National Trial Lawyers
- 10/10 Superb Avvo rating
Office Information
Address
12 East Warren Street Lebanon, OH 45036
Phone
Fax
- 513-934-2201
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Office Hours
Mon - Fri:7AM - 10PM, Sat - Sun:7AM - 5PM
Publication
Representative Cases
- Ollberding v. Kentucky Farm Bureau - A jury verdict of $1,028,317.17
- Drame v. Irby – 7,500,000.00 judgment, https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/11/05/pit-bull-mauling-lawsuit/75216558/
- Product liability - 1,000,000.00 settlement
- Roberts v. Boehl, 2018 WL 1468734 (Court of Appeals 12th Dist OH )
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