2015

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Brian Panish has been named to the “Irish Legal 100” for 2015. Founded in 2008, Irish Legal 100 is an annual compilation of some of the most accomplished and distinguished lawyers of Irish descent, chosen from law firms, law schools, the judiciary and industry from across the country…. read more

On October 19, 2015, an Imperial County Superior Court jury in El Centro, California awarded $5.1 million to a woman who suffered serious orthopedic injuries after the vehicle she was driving collided with a commercial truck that had illegally crossed into her lane. The plaintiff was represented at trial by Los Angeles truck accident lawyers… read more

California state universities and colleges have no responsibility to protect their students from known threats of violence, says the California Court of Appeal, which sided with UCLA in a decision in The Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County revealed on Wednesday, October 7.  This case could have sweeping implications for… read more

Brian Panish was recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California for 2015 by the Daily Journal, California’s leading legal newspaper. Panish has received the honor numerous times in the past. The Daily Journal profile on Panish highlights his recent cases involving the protection owed by universities to their students. In Rosen v…. read more

Brian Panish has been named by the Best Lawyers publication as the “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Litigation for the Los Angeles metropolitan area.  He previously received the honor in 2009.  In 2010 and 2015, Panish was named as “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in the area of Plaintiffs’ Product Liability… read more

Eight Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP lawyers have been included in the 2016 Best Lawyers publication as being among the leading attorneys in the Los Angeles area.  Attorneys are selected for the Best Lawyers list based solely on a peer-review basis by asking other lawyers in the same geographic and practice areas to provide their opinion… read more

On August 12, 2015, ABC7-Los Angeles broadcast a report on Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s lawsuit against the California School for the Deaf in Riverside alleging the rape of a 13-year old student by an older student. The parents of the boy and PSBR attorney Candice Klein were interviewed in the report which examines… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP LLP has resolved a lawsuit that was filed on behalf of the family of former Special Operations Army Ranger who was killed in a 2013 helicopter accident while filming a reality television show for the Discovery Channel.  The helicopter’s pilot and the camera operator working on the show were also killed in… read more

On July 30, 2015, the San Bernardino personal injury attorneys at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, lead by Rahul Ravipudi and Tom Schultz obtained a $20,500,000 jury verdict for the mother of a high school student who was killed while crossing the street to get to a school district designated bus stop. The San… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Adam Shea and Patrick Gunning obtained a $10,010,000 confidential settlement for injuries and deaths that occurred when a bank-owned 4-unit apartment building in Oakland, California caught fire. Three people were killed and two were injured in an early morning fire that resulted from a number of safety code violations… read more

Brian Panish was one of four panelists who spoke last night about handling high profile cases. The event, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Barristers section, was held at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Marty Singer of Lavely & Singer, Eriq Gardner of the Hollywood Reporter, and Mary Eckhardt Hearn,… read more

The Daily Journal recently named Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP founding partner Brian Panish as one of the Top 25 Plaintiff Lawyers in California.  The publication’s editor notes that the lawyers selected are the “ones who consistently force broad change in the law, industry and society” and “truly care about having an impact”. The… read more