Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partners Brian Panish, Rahul Ravipudi and Spencer Lucas have been recognized by the Daily Journal in its 2026 Top 100 Lawyers and Distinguished Counsel special report.
Rahul Ravipudi and Spencer Lucas were named to the publication’s annual list of the Top 100 Lawyers in California. Brian Panish was named Distinguished Counsel for the second consecutive year, a recognition reserved for attorneys who have been selected to the Daily Journal’s Top 100 list at least 15 times.
The Daily Journal’s annual special report recognizes attorneys from across California whose work has made a significant impact on the legal profession, their clients and the matters they handle.
Brian Panish — Distinguished Counsel
The Daily Journal recognized Brian Panish for a trial career spanning more than four decades and a record that includes some of the most significant plaintiff verdicts and settlements in the country.
The publication highlighted Mr. Panish’s landmark $4.9 billion verdict in Anderson v. General Motors as well as his recent trial work. In Iskander v. Grossman, et al., Mr. Panish served as lead trial counsel and he and the trial team obtained a $198.17 million jury verdict for the family of Mark and Jacob Iskander, two brothers who were struck and killed while crossing a marked crosswalk with their family.
Mr. Panish has obtained more than 600 verdicts and settlements exceeding $1 million during his career, including more than 100 exceeding $10 million.
Rahul Ravipudi — Top 100 Lawyers
Rahul Ravipudi was named among California’s Top 100 Lawyers for his work representing plaintiffs in high-stakes personal injury litigation and his leadership in complex cases involving corporate and institutional negligence.
His Daily Journal profile focuses on his role as Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel in the Social Media Cases, where litigation against major social media companies centers on allegations that addictive product features intentionally target children and contribute to serious harm. The publication highlighted Mr. Ravipudi’s focus on shifting the litigation from third-party content to the companies’ own product design and features.
The profile also examines the $48.79 million jury verdict Mr. Ravipudi and the trial team obtained in Hakimi v. City of Los Angeles for a man who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after being struck by a City sanitation truck while crossing the street. Mr. Ravipudi also serves as Plaintiffs’ Co-Liaison Counsel in the Eaton Fire Cases.
Spencer Lucas — Top 100 Lawyers
Spencer Lucas was recognized among the Top 100 Lawyers for his work on behalf of survivors of sexual abuse and individuals harmed by institutional negligence, with the Daily Journal highlighting two significant jury verdicts obtained in cases involving childhood sexual abuse.
In Motsinger v. Cosby, Mr. Lucas, alongside Jesse Creed and Hunter Norton, obtained a $59 million jury verdict for a woman who was sexually abused decades earlier by former comedian Bill Cosby. The Daily Journal also featured the $135 million verdict obtained by Mr. Lucas and Mr. Panish on behalf of Brady Blair and Justin McGregor, former students who were sexually abused by a teacher in the Moreno Valley Unified School District.
The profile highlights Mr. Lucas’s focus on institutional accountability and his work to expose failures by organizations entrusted with protecting children, while noting that his practice also includes catastrophic injury cases involving institutional negligence.
To learn more about the 2026 Daily Journal Top 100 Lawyers and Distinguished Counsel honorees, visit dailyjournal.com