Carol Kingery Ritter

809 Coombs Street
Napa, CA 94559
T: (707) 252-7122

Carol Kingery Ritter joined Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty as an associate in March 2008.  Carol practices in the business and real property department.  Carol came to DP&F from San Luis Obispo where she practiced at the law firm Adamski, Moroski, Madden & Green, LLP.  While at AMM&G, Carol worked on transactions and litigation at the State Superior Court and Appellate Court levels involving real property, business and construction matters.  Since joining the business and real property group at DP&F, Carol has worked on various vineyard and winery transactions, including the purchase and sale of vineyard and winery property, business entity selections and formation, hospitality business leasing and sales, contracting for the development of new vineyard land, vineyard leasing and grape purchase transactions, among other matters. 

Carol received her B.A. degree from University of California at Berkeley graduating with highest honors in anthropology in May 1999.  She received her J.D. from University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in May 2003.

While in law school, Carol was a legal intern with the Oakland Raiders and a summer associate with Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP in New York, New York.  She also provided consulting services to the non-profit organization Justice Network on Women.

Carol has a long history of volunteer and non-profit work with the Women's Positive Legal Action Network where she worked with HIV-positive women in prison to improve health education within the prison system and provided legal advocacy support.  She has lectured extensively and published on the subject.

Carol is a member of the State Bar of California and the Napa County Bar Association.  She is admitted to practice before state and federal courts in California.

Carol lives in Napa with her husband, who also works in the wine industry.

Publications

• "Grape Purchase Agreements - Why a Handshake Deal May Not Simplify Your Business"
• "Speaking Out Against State Violence: Activist HIV-Positive Women Prisoners Redefine Social Justice,"
• Yell Real Loud: HIV- Positive Women Prisoners Challenge Constructions of Justice

Speeches

• The 12th National HIV/AIDS Update Conference: HIV/AIDS at the Crossroads, San Francisco, CA. March 14-17, 2000 Boundaries In Question 2000, University of California, Berkeley. April 2000 University of California, Santa Cruz, Women and Prison class. Summer 1999 and 2000 Women, Psychology, and HIV Disease, Psychology Continuing Education certification course. Summer 1999 Alternative Sentencing for HIV Positive Individuals: What to do If Someone You Know Is Arrested, Alameda County Office of AIDS. September 1999