"Taking cases to trial in my opinion is the only way to know how to represent a person. Trying cases shows the other side and the Judges you're serious and you know what you're doing at a very deep level.
My level of experience was calculated over the last 17 years. I've tried 70+ jury trials and know how to put a case together to best tell the experiences of my clients.
Do all cases go to trial? No. But many of them do. If you prepare for trial, it increases the chance of resolution if that's what's best."
-Eric Ganci
About
Eric is a personal injury trial lawyer.
Since becoming a licensed attorney in 2009,
Eric has tried 74 cases to verdict: 71 as jury trials.
He cares deeply about being able to reverse roles with the witnesses in his trials. Eric loves to dive into who he represents to best express the cases, what happened, who is at fault, and how his clients have been deeply affected.
Eric attended the 3-week Trial Lawyers College and in 2018 was asked to start teaching with TLC. Eric now co-leads one of two graduate courses with TLC.
He holds strong beliefs about early case organization, structure, and execution. One major approach to hold Defendants accountable is by taking a strong lead and remaining on the offense. Insurance Companies and the Defense Industry responds more to attorneys who are ready for trial, and Eric has earned and continues to prove his career as a trial lawyer.
Eric also blogs and podcasts regularly on emerging legal topics and teaches regularly across the country regarding trial skills and approaches (see below).
Case results include:
Wrongful death, 2024: $6.5 million settlement.
Platform collapse, 2022: $3.4 million global settlement.
Auto v. Auto, 2023: $3 million settlement.
Auto v. Pedestrian, 2024: $2.6 million settlement (worked this case with Noah Moss, Esq.).
Dram Shop, overserving a minor, wrongful death, 2024: $2 million settlement ($1 million policy for each Defendant).
Trainings & Certifications:
Licensed for Class A, Commercial Driving, manual transmission, with endorsements for hazardous materials, tankers, and double-triple trailers.
Graduate of the United Trucking School 160-hour (4-week) Class A CDL Training. 2026. United Trucking was granted membership in the Commercial Vehicle Training Association, and this Class A Program is an accredited program by the Accrediting Commissions of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.
Graduated the 3-week Trial Lawyers College, July 2013. In 2018, Eric was asked to be on Staff with TLC as an instructor, where he remains and co-leads one of TLC's two graduate programs.
In Eric's former practice of DUI defense, he earned many DUI trainings/certifications, including:
"Lawyer-Scientist" designation, by the American Chemical Society, Chemistry and the Law Section (2014 – 2020). This course takes about 3 years to earn by taking 4 week-long courses at Axion Labs in Chicago and then passing a test.
Forensic blood/breath and solid drug testing courses: Forensic Chromatography XIII, Axion Labs/American Chemical Society (2014); Principles of DUID (DUI Drugs), Axion Labs/American Chemical Society, (2014); Solid Drug Dose Testing, Axion Labs/American Chemical Society (2014); Intoxilyzer 8000 Operator’s Course (2014).
DUI field sobriety test courses: Officer and Instructor levels of the DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, under the curriculum of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (2010); Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (2010).
Intoxilyzer 8000 breathalyzer Operator’s Course, 2012
Forensic Chromatography: Theory and Practice; Axion Labs/American Chemical Society, 2011
DataMaster DMT and Basic Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing, 2011
NHTSA and IACP DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor Course, 2010
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and International Chief of Police (IACP) DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Student Course, 2010
Drug Evaluation and Classification Program: The Drug Recognition Expert Process, 2010
Education:
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Juris Doctor
Northern Illinois University, BA in Music Education
Presentations:
Turning Experience into Impact, How to Share Your Brain Injury Journey, for the Brain Injury Association of America at the National Brain Injury Conference and Awareness Day. 2026.
Priming & Demonstrative Evidence, with Noah Moss, Esq. through Justia. 2026.
Storytelling: Telling Your Client’s Best Story through Litigation and Trial, presented with Noah Moss, Esq. 2026.
AAJ’s Deposition College (virtual) instructor. 2025.
The Power of Demonstrative Evidence, with Noah Moss, Esq., at the AAJ Annual Convention (San Francisco). 2025.
Streamline Your Trial & Motion Practice (at Trial Guides). 2025. Note: Eric donated all proceeds to the Brain Injury Association of America.
Work-site injury, delegable duty, and Privette, prepared with Noah Moss, Esq. at the AAJ Annual Convention (Nashville). 2024.
Mastering Case Management: Strategies for Efficient & Effective Organization (a Trial Guides presentation). 2023. Again, Eric donated all my proceeds to the Brain Injury Association of California.
Eric in the media:
On Jim Crosby's Trial Call 10 podcast here.
On The Trial Lawyers College podcast, with Rafe Foreman.
Regarding the art of writing human-centered content, on Chip LeFleur's podcast.
On Trial Lawyer Talk, Scott Glovsky's podcast.
Eric and Dave Casey, III on Synergy's Jason Lazarus Trial Lawyer View podcast here.