Travis Ritter
A trial lawyer focusing on high-stakes business litigation nationwide, with an emphasis on aggressive plaintiff-side representation.
Travis is the Litigation Chair at Albrecht Law, an M&A, Tax, and Litigation firm recognized by Chambers and Partners for its sophisticated work.
He focuses on high-stakes business litigation nationwide, emphasizing aggressive plaintiff-side representation.
Travis honed his skills as a hired-gun, litigating high-stakes matters for a diverse range of clients. He now focuses on representing corporate clients and individuals who need zealous prosecution or defense, and whom he believes have been wronged. He's been described as “smart, strategic, and to the point,” a “genius,” and “one of the hardest workers and most versatile people I know.”
Before leading the Litigation Department at Albrecht Law, Travis served as a federal appellate and trial-court law clerk where he worked on a wide range of criminal and civil matters, including death-penalty cases. He also practiced at venerable litigation firms, including Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, where he defended and prosecuted a broad spectrum of disputes, including high-stakes legal-malpractice matters.
Case Updates
We are currently pursuing over a half billion in damages in plaintiff-side litigation across the US and Delaware. Travis is actively litigating a range of post-M&A and business partnership disputes, prosecuting and defending individuals and companies in a range of employment litigation, as well as pursuing plaintiff-side class action work.
Federal Class Action Filed Against Mountain Valley Spring Water
Filed a federal class action lawsuit against Mountain Valley Spring Water. The complaint alleges that despite being marketed as premium and pure, the water contains contaminants, including arsenic and uranium, based on recent laboratory testing.
Read More →The Firm
Albrecht Law is a boutique firm focused on M&A, Tax, and Litigation. The firm's M&A Department, led by Eli Albrecht, is dedicated to providing sophisticated, client-focused advice on complex transactions. The M&A Department represents buyers and sellers of businesses, Private Equity, Independent Sponsors, Family Offices and Searchers. Prior to Albrecht Law, Eli was an M&A lawyer at Gibson Dunn and DLA Piper, two of the world’s top law firms. Prior to that, Eli served in the IDF special forces. You can read Eli's story here and the litigation department announcement here.
Foundational Experience
Corporate & Partnership Disputes
Representing America’s largest companies in business disputes and individuals in complex partnership disputes.
High-Stakes Legal Defense
Defending law firms in bet-the-firm malpractice cases.
Product Liability & Trial
Representing a major cigarette company at trials and a gun manufacturer in defect cases.
Employment Law
Advising and representing individuals and businesses in non-compete and other employment matters.
Endorsements
"Travis is a genius and honed his skills working on the hardest, highest stakes cases. He works day and night for his clients."
Elnatan Rudolph
Partner, Converge Public Strategies
"Travis has the rare combination of smart, strategic, and to the point. He has a special and unique way of doing and looking at things."
Bret R. Vallacher
Partner, Massey & Gail LLP
"Travis is a rare deep genius, and one of the hardest workers and most versatile people I know. I have experienced his transformative work first hand."
Lui Suarez
Founding Shareholder, Heise Suarez Melville PA
"Travis is one of the smartest, hardest working people I know. He simply does things differently."
James Gailey
Former Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida (Head of Office)
Writings & Publications
Business "Marriage," Prenuptials & Practicable Wisdom
Read on LinkedIn →Picasso's Bull and Lawyering as Craft
Read on LinkedIn →On Charlie Munger & Working with the Right People
Read on LinkedIn →Changing FCPA Internal Investigations with Second Circuit Precedent
Read Publication →Achilles' Heel: ATS, NAFTA, and Tort Liability for US Corporations
Read Publication →Ninth Circuit Ruling on Preemption in Food-Labeling
Read Publication →Sixth Circuit Affirms Preemption Defense in Drug Liability Suit
Read Publication →Personal Meanderings
I am a husband, father of two, photographer and abstract painter, former "industrial artist," and deeply self-reflective + intellectually curious.
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Deep dives into the drama and context of human history. Listen here.
The All-In Podcast
If you know, you know. Listen here.
Howard Mark's Memos
A masterclass in value investing and understanding market cycles. Read the memos here.
Ray Dalio's "Principles"
A framework for life and work based on radical truth and radical transparency. Learn more here.
The Tail End
A powerful reminder from Wait But Why about the finite nature of time and the importance of spending it with those who matter most. Read the post here.
On Long-Term Games
Influenced by Naval Ravikant (and others), I believe in "playing long-term games with long-term minded people." Watch here.
On Infinite vs. Finite Games
Infinite games are positive-sum, where the goal is to "bring as many people in to play... invent new games," and enlarge the pie rather than just taking a slice. This framework helps in deciding what to pursue.
"Is this a finite game? I don’t want to play. Is this an infinite game? Sign me up."
- Kevin Kelly, via The Tim Ferriss Show
On Mental Models
Charlie Munger's "Poor Charlie's Almanack" is a foundational text for better living, investing, and overall-decision making. Explore the ideas here.
On System Mindset
"Analyzing why a move is bad...is an example of what we might call outcome mindset... A higher level of strategy...is to analyze the decision process behind a move: why you decided on that move, in that moment, in that context, and what that means for how you should change your decision-making in the future. That’s system mindset."
- Garry Kasparov (one of history's best chess players), via Safi Bahcall
On Trust
"If you ever considered the possibility... that not everybody is one or the other, but because you trust them at that outset, they are more likely to become trustworthy because you trust them.”
- Bill Lazier, via Jim Collins on The Tim Ferriss Show
On Formalism & Individuality
"In severing the indexical link between the bodily gesture and the pictorial mark and in letting such nonsubjective forces as gravity and fluidity be the main agents in his pictorial process... Pollock, consciously or not, assaulted the very individualism that his peers were celebrating..."
- Yve-Alain Bois, via MutualArt