Brian Panish Among Speakers at American Bar Association Section of Litigation Roadshow 2.0
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP founding partner Brian Panish will participate in the upcoming American Bar Association Section of Litigation Roadshow 2.0 – Precision Advocacy: Reinventing Motion Practice to Win – Los Angeles. Moderated by Honorable Jeremy Fogel, “Roadshow 2.0” will tackle the challenge of making motions better with discussions lead by local judges… read more
Whittier Bus Driver Convicted in Death of Paul Lee Distracted With Affair At Time of Incident
Armando Abel Ramirez, the bus driver convicted of dependent adult abuse resulting in the death of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, was distracted by an affair with a fellow bus company employee when he failed to ensure the 19-year-old autistic student had exited the bus for school. Sexually explicit text messages documented in a Whittier Police… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Obtains $6 Million Settlement In Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Wrongful Death Case
PSBR attorneys Pete Kaufman, Brian Panish and Jake Douglass obtained settlements totaling $6,020,647 for the parents of a man who was tragically killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in a Palm Springs hotel room in November 2013. An investigation revealed that a pool heater, located in a mechanical room directly below the Plaintiff’s hotel room, was… read more
Senator Mendoza Presents Signed “Paul Lee School Bus Safety Law” to Lee Family
Commemorating the one year anniversary of Senate Bill 1072’s inception, Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Cerritos) welcomed the parents of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee to his Cerritos office on Thursday and presented them with a replica of the bill signed by Governor Jerry Brown. Eun Ha Lee and Sang Sik Lee worked closely with Senator Mendoza in creating… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Obtains $30 Million Settlement For Victim in Tractor-Trailer Crash Case
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Spencer Lucas, Brian Panish, Tom Schultz and Jake Douglass obtained a confidential $30,000,000 settlement for a 31-year-old man who was catastrophically injured in a freeway crash. On October 14, 2014, a tractor-trailer driver employed by a staffing agency lost control of his vehicle while speeding onto a freeway… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Secures Asylum For Guatemalan Woman Escaping Abuse
In a case assigned through pro bono law firm Public Counsel, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorney Austin Ward and Shannon Pagel Ward of The Aarons Law Firm obtained asylum for a young Guatemalan woman who fled her country after suffering brutal violence at the hand of her brother-in-law for more than a decade. Her abuser,… read more
PSBR Named One of 50 Law Firms with Largest Total Recoveries
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has been recognized in The National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers report as among one of the 50 law firms in the country with the largest total recoveries over a 12-month period ending July 1, 2016. The top 50 firms had a total of $11.2 billion in settlements and verdicts.
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Obtains $7.5 Million Settlement For Man Injured In Major-Impact Collision
PSBR attorneys Adam Shea and Ryan Casey obtained a $7,500,000 settlement for a man severely injured in a major-impact collision with a vehicle driven by a commercial farming employee. On March 5, 2013, Plaintiff was driving his car northbound on a two-lane street when a commercial farming corporation vehicle traveling eastbound blew through a stop… read more
Nine Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Attorneys Recognized As 2017 Super Lawyers
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish, Adam Shea, Kevin Boyle, Rahul Ravipudi, Deborah Chang, Daniel Dunbar, Spencer Lucas, Peter Polos, and Tom Schultz have been selected as 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers by the annual publication which rates outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. … read more
Newland v. County of Los Angeles Recognized By Daily Journal As 2016 Top Plaintiffs’ Verdict By Impact
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s $13,935,550 jury verdict against the County of Los Angeles for a young man who suffered extensive injuries as a result of a county employee’s negligence has been recognized by the Daily Journal as one of 2016’s Top Verdicts by Impact. Jake Newland, 19, was walking on a Norwalk, California sidewalk… read more
Rahul Ravipudi Discusses Dangerous School Zones with CBS Los Angeles
Motor vehicle collisions are a leading cause of death in the United States, with pedestrians and bicyclists the most vulnerable users of the road. Young children are particularly at risk as they travel to and from school. In an effort to bring awareness to the dangers surrounding school zones in California, Panish | Shea |… read more
Brian Panish Testifies Before New Attorney General Sessions At 2006 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
On March 10, 2006, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP founding partner Brian Panish appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, including then-Senator Jeff Sessions, to testify about defective products and corporate accountability. Mr. Sessions was confirmed as the new United States Attorney General on February 8, 2017. Mr. Panish obtained a $4.9 billion verdict in 1999 in a case against… read more