2016

  Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Brian Panish will be honored by his alma mater next week as the first recipient of the Outstanding Litigator award at Southwestern Law School’s 27th Annual Alumni Awards Gala & Reunion. The award is presented to an alumus who has demonstrated skill, accomplishment, or a significant impact… read more

  Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s $34,555,220 jury verdict against Landstar Ranger, Inc. for a man who was severely injured when he was run over by a tractor-trailer while stopped on the sidewalk was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of 2015’s Top Plaintiff’s Verdict by Dollar.  Only 10 California verdicts received this… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s $17,393,500 jury verdict against NuCO2 for a young man who was severely injured after being involved in a multiple-vehicle collision caused by a negligently driven NuCO2 truck was recognized by the Daily Journal as one of 2015’s Top Verdicts by Impact. Russell Sheaffer suffered severe facial injuries and a… read more

Five months after the death of  Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, an autistic student left aboard a Whittier school bus parked at the Pupil Transportation Cooperative bus depot during one of the hottest days of the year, the bus company has conceded liability in his death. Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP represents the Lee family… read more

On February 11, 2016, a San Diego County Superior Court jury awarded over $2.1 million for two plaintiffs who were involved in a minor property damage rear-end collision. The Plaintiffs were represented at trial by attorneys Spencer Lucas and Jake Douglass of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and co-counsel Kathryn Cooney of the Law… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP co-founding partner Brian Panish is the featured Attorney of the Month in the Los Angeles edition of Attorney At Law Magazine. In the interview with Vicki Hogue-Davies published in January 2016, Panish is asked a variety of questions about his 30-plus year legal career and reiterates that winning is everything,… read more

PSBR attorneys Spencer Lucas and co-counsel John Ritter and Michael Belize obtained a $6,015,000 settlement for a woman who was injured while riding as a passenger on a motorcycle that was struck by a Southern California Edison vehicle. The plaintiff suffered severe pelvic, leg, and spine factures as a result of the collision.  The defense… read more

On the evening of January 28, the Barristers Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) hosted a cocktail reception for local state and federal judiciary at The California Club in downtown Los Angeles. Over 150 guests, including 30-plus judges, attended the 2016 Barristers’ Bench Meets The Bar Reception, sponsored by Panish | Shea… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Kevin Boyle, Deborah Chang, Daniel Dunbar, Spencer Lucas, Brian Panish, Peter Polos, Rahul Ravipudi and Adam Shea were all selected as 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers by the annual publication which rates outstanding lawyers “who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.” Brian Panish was… read more

In a 7-0 decision issued on January 20, 2016, the California Supreme Court granted Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s request to review the California Court of Appeal’s decision in The Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, which held that public colleges and universities have no duty to… read more

The California Court of Appeal has upheld a $19,786,818 judgment against Southern California Gas Company (“SoCalGas”) for a San Gabriel, California man who suffered severe burn and traumatic brain injuries when his rental home exploded as a result of a SoCalGas employee’s negligence. Plaintiff Pengxuan Diao was represented on appeal and at trial by Kevin… read more

Southern California Gas Company’s removal of a safety valve in one of its 100-plus storage wells has led to a massive well blowout in Porter Ranch, raising questions about the safety and maintenance of its Aliso Canyon Underground Storage Facility. The damaged well, identified as SS-25, began spewing noxious gases into the hillside community on… read more