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The Daily Journal publication has named Brian J. Panish among the Leading Commercial Litigators in California. The inaugural list recognizes 44 attorneys who have been lead counsel on major litigation in California or on national litigation that impacted California substantially. The Daily Journal profile featuring Mr. Panish highlights his role as Lead Trial Counsel in… read more

“We want to thank the Santa Fe Sheriff and the District Attorney for concluding their thorough investigation and determining that charges for involuntary manslaughter are warranted for the killing of Halyna Hutchins with conscious disregard for human life. Our independent investigation also supports that charges are warranted. It is a comfort to the family that, in New Mexico,… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Founding Partner, Brian Panish, has been named among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for the fourth consecutive year. Those recognized on this distinguished and diverse 2023 list are noted as amazing lawyers “who made their impact as never before in the year just passed” and includes 500… read more

The Super Lawyers publication has named 14 Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys to its list of 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers includingBrian Panish, Adam Shea, Kevin Boyle, Rahul Ravipudi, Spencer Lucas, Ryan Casey, Erika Contreras. Daniel Dunbar, Rachel Gezerseh, Srinivas Hanumadass, Peter Polos, Lyssa Roberts, Tom Schultz and Paul Traina. The annual list represents fewer than five percent of the lawyers in the… read more

Unrelenting winter storms have wreaked havoc in California, dropping more than a foot of rain in some areas and leaving roads dangerous and impassable throughout the state. Communities are flooding from swollen creeks and sinkholes are swallowing up vehicles on the roadways. At least 17 people have died from storms that began late last month,… read more

Kevin R. Boyle has been named 2023 President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Los Angeles. With over 2,400 members, the Los Angeles Chapter is the largest of the five ABTL chapters in California. Mr. Boyle will serve a one-year term beginning January 1, 2023 and is the first plaintiffs’ lawyer since 2009… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Robert Glassman and firm attorney Erika Contreras have obtained a $15,750,000 settlement from the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District for the mother of 13-year-old Adilene Carrasco who suffered an asthma attack at school and died as a result of the district’s failure to follow its own safety protocols…. read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has once again been ranked among the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. The firm is recognized with a National Tier 1 ranking in Mass Torts/Class Actions-Plaintiffs as well as Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings in two metropolitan cities — one in Los Angeles,… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Adam Shea, Nicholas Yoka, Spencer Lucas, and Ryan Casey have obtained an $8,000,000 settlement for the Elisa and Cristobal Guardado, the parents of 18-year-old Andrés Guardado who was fatally shot multiple times by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Miguel Vega in June 2020. The settlement was unanimously… read more

Following seven days of trial, PSBR partner Spencer Lucas and firm attorney Alec Clark, alongside co-counsel Sharen Ghatan, reached a $5,000,000 settlement in a wrongful death case involving a 22 year old man who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at a Crunch Fitness in Northridge, California. The gym violated California law that requires health studio… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorney Erika Contreras has been named a 2022 Latina Trailblazer by the Latina Lawyers Bar Association. Ms. Contreras was honored with this distinction at the 25th Annual Awards and Scholarship Dinner in Los Angeles, California and received her award alongside fellow honorees California Supreme Court Justice Patricia Guerrero, and… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Brian Panish has been named among 2022’s Top 100 Lawyers in California by Daily Journal. The annual publication profiles 100 attorneys throughout the Golden State who are doing cutting-edge legal work on behalf of their clients. The feature profile highlighting Mr. Panish includes his work as Lead Trial Counsel in… read more