Greg Rizio

Gregory G. Rizio is the senior trial attorney at Rizio Lipinsky Heiting, the California plaintiffs’ firm he founded in 1995. He represents people who have been seriously injured and families who have lost a loved one through someone else’s negligence, with much of his trial work in Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties, and he leads the firm’s team of personal injury attorneys.

Rizio won a jury verdict of nearly $58 million in Riverside Superior Court, which the firm reports was the largest plaintiff’s verdict in Riverside County history and the top verdict in California in 2014. He served as president of the Consumer Attorneys of California in 2023 and is a past president of the Consumer Attorneys of the Inland Empire. His firm bio also notes service on the executive council of the Inland Empire chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, along with recognition as Attorney of the Year from the Inland Empire Bar Association and a Trial Lawyer of the Year award for 2015.

He speaks at CAOC and CAALA conventions, presents national webinars and runs a New Attorney Academy through the Riverside County Bar Association and Riverside Superior Court. Rizio earned his bachelor’s degree from Point Loma Nazarene University in 1988 and his law degree from California Western School of Law in 1991, then served as a deputy district attorney pro tem in the San Diego District Attorney’s Major Drug Division.