When trial lawyer and new author Solange Ritchie isn’t practicing law, you can usually find her penning her next legal thriller.
Born in the beautiful tropical island of Jamaica of a Jamaican father and a French mother, Solange immigrated to the US at age 11. Since then, she has been a dynamic force for change. Fed up with thrillers that start with a fizzle and longing to see more power women as lead characters, Solange decided to create her own characters. Despite the demands of a busy legal career with her husband, Steve Young, she accomplished her ambitious goal by rising each morning to write before work, dedicating her weekends to writing and even spending her vacation time writing.
Words have always been Solange’s passion. Now so, more than ever.
Solange achieved a successful writing career while working hand in hand with her husband doing “last minute trials” mostly in Southern California. Dubbed “the Case Saver,” Solange does the “heavy lifting,” handling intense paperwork that can either make or break a case, especially in business, labor and employment law areas. With a Bachelor in Telecommunications BA from the University of Florida, and after serving as Editor in Chief of Law Review at Western State College of Law, Solange’s passion for writing has always been clear.
When Solange was just 37 years old, her first husband, John Ritchie, died due to gross medical negligence at a Southern California hospital. That life-altering experience shaped her life. She began writing creatively as a way to deal with this stress.
With a passion for philanthropic work (stemming from growing up with an older brother with Down’s Syndrome and John’s death), Solange serves or has served on numerous charities and legal boards, including The California Women Lawyers Association, The Orange County Bar Association, The Orange County Women Lawyers Association, The Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, The Community Court’s Foundation and El Viento. Solange is a proud graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer’s College in Wyoming.