W. Matthew Nakajima

A trial attorney with Rittgers Rittgers & Nakajima, Wesley (Matt) Nakajima represents clients in Kentucky and Ohio in matters of personal injury. These include trucking accidents, car accidents, defective products, brain injuries and wrongful death. Through settlements, judgments and verdicts, he has obtained tens of millions of dollars for those who have been injured by another. He has an Avvo Superb rating and was named to the National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40 in Kentucky and Ohio. At Bellarmine University, he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in 2004. He was also on the Deans List and graduated with high honors and a major in economics. Mr. Nakajima then attended Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, where he again graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor. While in law school, he was an Associate Editor for the Northern Kentucky Law Review. After law school, he earned an LL. D. in 2008 from Northern Kentucky University. Mr. Nakajima is admitted to practice in the following states: Kentucky and Ohio. He is also admitted before the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, the United State District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, the United States Federal Claims Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Mr. Nakajima is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Kentucky Justice Association and the Ohio Association for Justice. Within the Kentucky Justice Association, he served for seven years on the Board of Governors.