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Super Lawyers has named Ryan Casey, Robert Glassman and David Rudorfer as 2014 “Rising Stars”. Candidates for this honor must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less, and it is given to no more than 2.5 percent of all attorneys in the state. All three attorneys have… read more

Brian Panish has been recognized by the Best Lawyers’ publication as “Lawyer of the Year” for Los Angeles in the area of Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs. He received the same honor in 2010. In 2009, Panish was named as Lawyer of the Year for Los Angeles in the area of Personal Injury Litigation. In… read more

PSBR represents the family of Ernest Allen, Sr., a 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles police department who was killed on May 9, 2014 when his car was hit head on by an out of control cement truck in Beverly Hills.  There have been at least four major accidents on the same road where Mr…. read more

Brian Panish has been named to the Daily Journal’s 2014 list of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California.” The annual list honors the most influential attorneys in the state, and specifically those attorneys whose work has had a broad impact on the legal profession or the larger as a whole. In its profile of Mr…. read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, The Yerrid Law Firm And Jeffrey D. Murphy, Esq. Announce Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against UC Regents In Death Of Cal Football Player Ted Agu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oakland, California, August 5, 2014 The parents of Ted Agu, who was a 21-year-old student athlete and a member of the University… read more

In Burton v. Platinum Limousine, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP LLP attorneys Deborah Chang and Brian Panish, and co-counsel Kenneth Meyer, obtained a $6,000,000 settlement for a 22-year-old man who suffered catastrophic injuries, including a degloving injury from his chest to his knees, when he was struck in a crosswalk by a bus owned by… read more

In Stewart v. Westcoast Bulk Transportation, Inc. – Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Tom Schultz and Spencer Lucas, along with co-counsel Curtis Floyd of Floyd & Horrigan, obtained a $5,000,000-policy limits settlement following closing arguments at trial for the family of a man killed when he was crushed by a tractor-trailer while performing… read more

The newest issue of Los Angeles Lawyers finds Panish Shea and Boyle’s own Robert Glassman outlining how to approach a situation wherein the counsel for the opposing side attempts to put barriers up to the proper testimony of a witness. In it, Mr. Glassman describes how the only reason such an objection by the opposing… read more

The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform recently published “The New Lawsuit Ecosystem: Trends, Targets and Players” which it describes as a report on “big ticket litigation” and “the players that drive it.” Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Brian Panish is named in the report as being among the leading plaintiffs’ lawyers in… read more

On September 16, 2013, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $17,120,662 to an 85-year-old man who was hit by a Southland Transit Inc. bus while he was lawfully walking in a crosswalk in Baldwin Park, California. The collision resulted in Julio Huayanca’s right leg being amputated. The same jury also determined that Southland Transit… read more

Brian Panish has been named to the Daily Journal’s 2013 list of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California.” The annual list honors “the attorneys whose work is having the widest impact” and “that is changing an industry or the law or the society as a whole.” In recognizing Mr. Panish, the Daily Journal cites to… read more

PSBR Attorneys Adam Shea and David Rudorfer obtained a $4.75 million settlement against Riverside County, California for three people who were injured in a car accident as the result of a dangerous road condition. On July 4, 2010, Brooke Wagner, Robert Wagner and Thomas Madril were traveling on Gilman Springs Road in Riverside County. A… read more