About Us

When you are injured because of someone else’s negligence, finding the right law firm can have a significant impact on your future.

The “right law firm” is the one you can trust. Our award-winning California personal injury lawyers at Cutter Law have 130 years of combined experience. Since we were established in 2015, we have won hundreds of millions in verdicts and settlements for injured clients and grieving families. Our attorneys have received national and local recognition for their outstanding advocacy and consistent results.

We have offices in Sacramento, Oakland, and Santa Rosa and handle all types of personal injury cases, including the following:

When someone else has unfairly harmed you, the legal aspects of your case can cause significant stress. We are here to relieve you of that burden so you can heal. You can contact us 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to learn more about how we can help.

A Family-Owned Law Firm with Local Roots

Founding partner Brooks Cutter is the proud father of two attorneys at our firm, Margot Cutter and Celine Cutter. We are multi-generation Sacramento natives whose ancestors first arrived during the Gold Rush. Personal injury law allows us to give back to the communities we love in Northern California.

We also give back through financial giving and volunteerism. Brooks Cutter is a long-time member of the Rotary Club in Sacramento and has served on the board of Wind Youth Services, an organization that helps homeless youth.

We also have roots in the Bay Area near our Oakland office. Brooks and Celine are third and fourth-generation alumni of the University of California at Berkeley.

Meet Our Nationally Recognized Personal Injury Attorneys

Our attorneys operate like a close-knit family. We are all aware of each case and often collaborate. For example, if one of us is especially well-suited to handle a particular oral argument for another attorney’s case, that attorney will jump in and do it. We counsel each other and work together to win for our clients.

Brooks Cutter has been practicing law for over 35 years and was mentored by the late legendary attorney Mort Friedman, a top civil litigation attorney and local philanthropist. Brooks Cutter founded Cutter Law with a mission to provide injured people with great lawyers who can win the compensation they deserve.

Brooks has received national recognition for handling complex litigation like mass torts and consumer class action cases. He has been appointed to leadership positions nationwide involving defective drug and medical device cases, bad faith insurance cases, and other cases against massive companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic Inc., and State Farm.

Brooks Cutter works in the Oakland and Sacramento offices.

Margot Cutter has been with Cutter Law for 10 years. She has previous experience working in the California Attorney General’s Office and handles personal injury, medical malpractice, and nursing home abuse cases. Her successful case results have won her national and local acclaim, which includes the following recognition:

Associate Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America—an honor only given to the top 0.5 percent of North America’s lawyers, judges, and scholars
Top 40 Under 40
Super Lawyers Rising Star
Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch”
The Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association “Award of Merit”

Margot was inspired to become a lawyer by her father, Brooks Cutter. Growing up, she saw how fulfilling it was for him to make a difference for clients, and she wanted to do the same. She is continually inspired by how much he cares for clients. She works in the Sacramento and Oakland offices.

John Roussas is a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in our Santa Rosa office. He has been with Cutter Law since 2015. Before he came to Cutter Law, he handled complex cases defending businesses and individuals against large insurance companies and later defended large insurance companies in mass tort cases.

His experience on both sides helps him develop the most effective strategy for our personal injury clients today.

John understands what our clients go through as few attorneys can. In 2017, his family lost their home in the Tubb’s fire. Our wildfire clients find great comfort in the empathy and compassion John can provide, and he has successfully helped our clients rebuild their lives after devastating losses.

Celine Cutter is an accomplished personal injury attorney in our Oakland office who also handles cases involving defective products, mass torts, elder abuse, whistleblowers, and civil rights. She has experience as a legal aid volunteer for the California Asylum Representation Clinic and the Foster Education Project.

Celine has been recognized as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for four years in a row for her excellent results for clients. She is fluent in French and Spanish.

Jennifer Domer is a mass torts attorney who handles complex cases involving defective drugs, medical devices, and consumer goods. Before coming to Cutter Law, she was a civil rights lawyer for clients with permanent disabilities.

She graduated with distinction from law school after working as a certified student attorney in the Sacramento Public Defender’s office. She has clerked for the Reno Justice Court in Nevada and Councilmember McDuffie at the D.C. Council in Washington D.C.

Her vast experience helps her empathize with clients in a wide variety of circumstances and understand the law from multiple perspectives.

Casie Roussas serves as of counsel to our firm at our Santa Rosa and Sacramento offices. She provides representation and consulting services for us as needed. She has six years of experience representing insurance companies in medical malpractice cases before coming to the side of injured individuals. Her experience on the other side of the aisle gives her an insider’s insight into the strategies insurance companies deploy to avoid coverage. This helps us recover maximized results for our clients.

Family Is Everything at Cutter Law

The attorneys in our offices function and feel like a family, helping us provide a welcoming environment. We are passionate about extending our family-like experience to clients so you feel like a part of our family.

Our emphasis on family also means that we understand how much your family means to you. It means we understand that one person’s serious injuries affect the whole family. It means we understand how devastating the loss of a beloved family member can be.

When you or your loved one has been injured in an accident, our care and concern extend to your whole family. When we tell your story, our focus on your family enables us to present a more complete picture of your pain, suffering, and other losses so you can receive the highest compensation possible.

What You Can Expect When You Hire Cutter Law

When you hire one of our seasoned personal injury lawyers, you get our whole law firm. You may even feel like you have been adopted by a new family as we fight and win together for your benefit.

The Attorney-Client Relationship

Your experience as a client is of utmost importance to us. We will invest our time and resources into investigating your case, but we will also spend significant time getting to know you and helping you know us. We see clients not as cases but as people.

We have visited clients in their homes, shared meals with them, looked at their family photos, and more. We want our clients to feel comfortable with us on a personal level.

When we represent clients in court, our commitment to family and our clients makes a difference and even boosts our credibility with juries. We have even had opposing counsel tell us the insurance company was motivated to settle with us because it saw how much we cared for our client and were committed to the case.

We Prioritize Communication

Communication is everything in a personal injury case. Some cases can take months to resolve, and complex cases can take a year or more. The last thing you need is to be left in the dark. We will always welcome your phone calls, answer your messages, and go out of our way to keep you informed.

We also want you to keep us informed. If your medical situation changes, you experience financial hardship, you have difficulty coping with your injuries, or anything else arises, we want to know so we can help. As Sacramento and Northern California natives, we have a strong network of helping resources we can refer you to, and we will always follow up to ensure your needs are met.

Why Should You Trust Cutter Law To Handle Your Personal Injury Claim?

You can trust our capable personal injury attorneys in Sacramento, Oakland, and Santa Rosa because we care and have a proven record of successful results for our clients. We are successful trial lawyers who refuse to settle for less than you deserve. We do not have to settle for less because we have the skills and confidence to win in court. Below are a few examples of our successful case results:

mass tort settlement against Medtronic Sprint Fidelis for defective defibrillator leads

settlement for a trip-and-fall accident

medical malpractice verdict for failure to diagnose a spinal tumor

whistleblower settlement

for a bicyclist injured by hitting a pothole

settlement for an exploding e-cigarette

settlement against a care facility for dependent adult abuse

settlement against a funeral home for lost remains

verdict for a pedestrian hit by a car

verdict for an injured motorcyclist

settlement against a nursing home for elder abuse

Client Testimonials

We regularly receive positive feedback from our past clients who trusted us to help them put their lives back together after losing so much because of someone else’s conduct. Below are a few examples of recent client testimonials:

Cutter Law is as good as it gets! Margot is an outstanding trial attorney. Not only does she have profound expertise in her field, but she also genuinely cares for her clients' well-being. It's rare to find such a combination of professional excellence and compassionate care. I highly recommend Cutter Law!

-Aren A.

Celine Cutter has done a fantastic job negotiating with our insurance company with a possible bad faith claim. We had a house fire over a year ago and were getting nowhere until we hired Celine. She is a perfect combination of kind, compassionate, and firm. Her communication has been excellent through the process, and her knowledge of the law is very evident. We are so glad we have Celine in our corner.

-Julie W.

Margot Cutter handled a sexual harassment case for my family. Her communication was prompt, clear, and engaged. I had full confidence in her knowledge of the relevant laws and advice on how to proceed. The matter was resolved quickly.

-Jeff V.

Our Family Atmosphere Sets Us Apart

We are one of only a handful of law firms with multiple family members as partners, and our family-like environment improves our ability to collaborate, give each other feedback, and get results for our clients. No matter who you talk to in our office, they will be familiar with your case and know you by name.

While all of our attorneys can get results on their own, we are not satisfied with just any result. We are dedicated to getting you the best results possible. Margot Cutter had this to say about how our family-focused environment helps us accomplish these results:

“You have a cross-pollination of ideas; you have all hands on deck, ready to jump in and work on any one person’s case because we’re all familiar with the case…And so we work as a team, and we bring to bear everyone’s individual strengths, which I think is different from a large corporate firm where you have one attorney assigned to your case, and you’re just stuck with their skillset or their individual talents. We bring the best that we can to the table for every client.”

Being members of a close-knit family allows us to collaborate in ways few law firms can. Brooks and his daughters have even rented houses and condos together during trials and worked intensely around the clock to ensure they are prepared each day.

What You Should Know as a Personal Injury Client

We’re here to take the stress and anxiety out of the legal process so you can focus on regaining your health. We understand how stressful it is to face an uncertain future because someone else carelessly caused you to suffer sudden harm. We want to carry that burden for you so you can focus on getting better.

An attorney-client relationship requires trust. When selecting your personal injury lawyer, it is important that you feel comfortable with your attorney and that you have confidence in your attorney’s ability and will to fight for the results you deserve.

Our clients trust us because we have a genuine interest in them, a strong work ethic, and a proven track record. We start working to earn your trust from the beginning and continue to foster it through hard work, constant communication, and aggressive advocacy. And we get results.

You should expect no less from your attorney. If someone else’s carelessness has injured you in Northern California, you can count on us to stand with you.

Nosotros Hablamos Español

We are proud to offer representation to our Spanish-speaking neighbors. Brooks and Celine Cutter are both fluent in Spanish and can help you if someone else’s carelessness or negligence has harmed you. Contact us now to learn more.

Abogados de Lesiones Personales en Sacramento y Abogados de Lesiones Personales en Oakland