Michael John Richter

I was injured when I fell at work and hit my head on a wall. For the first six months, the Insurance authorized little to no medical diagnosis or treatment. I have never suffered that much. I was alone, powerless and hopeless. Eventually my friends advised me to seek legal help. I called many at...torneys and found out some handle only Personal Injury but not Worker’s Comp. Amongst the Worker’s Comp attorneys I talked to, none took my case after hearing that I did not lost consciousness when I hit my head, despite the fact that I had CT Scan that showed cranial bleeding and bad cervical spine damage. Then I reached Mr. Richter on the phone. He was very insightful. He understood my almost hysterical presentation of my injury. He kindly took me as a client while all other attorneys rejected me. All necessary medical diagnosis and treatments were kicked off from that point on – while I believe my golden recovery period was unfortunately wasted, I surely know that I wouldn't be where I am without his help. Mr. Richter most likely won’t win a Mr. Congeniality contest, but I have seen how he genuinely cares about his clients. My own case is waiting for the result of a trial and during the years since I retained him, Mr. Richter has received zero payment for his time and effort. Over the years I often did not understand what he was doing given the Worker's Comp system is unique on its own and hard to comprehend. I learned to trust him because he repeatedly showed he had my best interest in heart. I would recommend him to anyone who needs help after an injury whether it’s a Worker’s Comp or Personal Injury case. He is capable and he really cares.

I injured my back at work in 2008. I found Mike Richter and he took my case when I came in to see him about 15 months later. Mike got me to good doctors who took care of me. The defense attorney wanted to take my deposition and because I was in pain, Mike drove from San Jose to Auburn so that we c...ould have the deposition near my home instead of making me drive to San Jose. He did an excellent job of preparing me for my deposition so that I did a good job testifying. He got me to a good evaluating doctor in Oakdale who was fair and honest as well. I believe I received a fair settlement from the insurance company because of Mike's work. My case settled in 2012. I wanted to keep my future medical care open, so I settled by stipulations. The insurance company has been denying medical to me despite the fact that doctors say I need the care. Mike did not let go of the case simply because he had been paid. He continues to fight the insurance company so that I can get medical care and in fact just recently filed a petition for penalties against the insurance company for bad faith claims handling practices. The company settled by paying me $2,000 and agreeing to provide the medical care. I am very happy with Mike's service to me. He has helped me immensely and was even able to get approval for spinal decompression therapy for me. My doctor said that he had not heard of any other attorney being able to get that authorized. Michael Richter is a good man. He's been a great attorney for me. He doesn't always tell me what I want to hear, but he always tells me like it is. I highly recommend Mike Richter as an attorney.

Mr. Richter has been representing us through a traumatic brain work injury my husband suffered in 1998. Through all the medical appointments, subject matter experts, depositions, administrative court hearings, we have continually held the highest level in Mr. Richter's opinion and position. Thank y...ou Mike!

Do not Hire Michael Richter. Save yourself the head ache, waisted time and gas! I had met with 4 attorneys regarding my personal injury/workers compensation case, previous to being referred to Mr.Richter by another attorney. The reason they referred me to Mr.Richter was because he handles both per...sonal injury and workers compensation. Upon hiring Mr.Richter we had agreed to open my personal injury case and leave the workers compensation case alone until a QME had been performed by the state. The problem was that Mr.Richter took it upon himself without consulting me and sent my workers compensation agent a letter stating he will be representing me. Upon hearing this news from my workers compensation agent I immediately called Mr.Richter to find out what was going on. He told me he had decided to file both case, for time purposes to close the case faster. (IE. Less work for him) I then responded that we had agreed to leave the works compensation case alone until after the QME which was discussed in an email between him and the attorney that referred me to him. I also told him I was not worried about the time restraints yet more worried about him damaging the case and possible minimizing my compensation just to save himself some time. Mr.Richter will represent you in his best interest. He opened both cases to get paid ASAP instead of taking the time to allow the system to work itself out and file at the appropriate time insuring the client will have the largest compensation available. He is not worried about what the clients needs or wants are. For your own good I recommend shopping around.