Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is proud to announce that the $46.475 million jury verdict in Jack Greener v. M. Phelps, Inc., et al. is now final. After the California First District Court of Appeal affirmed the jury’s verdict in full on December 31, 2024, Defendants sought review from the California Supreme Court and… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Erika Contreras has been named to the Daily Journal’s 2025 list of Top Women Lawyers. The annual list recognizes and honors the best 100 women lawyers practicing in the state of California. In the Daily Journal profile featuring Ms. Contreras, the 16-year attorney says she was drawn to personal injury law because it provided… read more

PSR partner Erika Contreras has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of the region’s most influential women legal professionals, Women of Influence: Attorneys for 2025. READ THE LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT The attorneys honored in this special supplement have been recognized for exceptional legal skill and achievement across the full spectrum… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish, Tom Schultz, and Alex Behar obtained a $37,025,000 settlement for an injured motorcyclist, pursuant to a high/low agreement with defendants, that was finalized just minutes before a jury delivered a $27,727,630 verdict in the matter. Plaintiff Michael LaPlante and his wife were represented in the case… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Jesse Creed, Brian J. Panish, and Hunter Norton have been named recipients of the 2025 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Award by the Daily Journal for their work on Garcia v. Newport-Mesa Unified School District. This is the fifth consecutive year attorneys with Panish | Shea… read more

For the second consective year, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is honored to be named to The National Law Journal’s list of Elite Trial Lawyers finalists in the Catastrophic Injury category. The Firm was thrilled to be the winner in this same category in 2024. The awards for Elite Trial Lawyers “recognize law firms’ outstanding… read more

Rachel Gezerseh and Colin Cavanaugh secured a $6,000,000 settlement for the family of Latiesha Spencer-Tarver, who tragically lost her life in a preventable apartment fire in Reno, Nevada. A fire broke out in the family’s apartment, where smoke alarms, required by law, failed to sound because they were expired and non-functional. That failure robbed Latiesha… read more

On May 2, 2024, Yong Yang was experiencing a mental health crisis that was captured on bodycam when he was fatally shot at his parents’ home by Los Angeles Police Officer Andres Lopez. On the one-year anniversary of Yong’s tragic death, his family continues to mourn their loss and demand answers from the LAPD, as… read more

An 11-year-old McAuliffe Middle School student suffered severe orthopedic injuries to both lower extremities, significant emotional and psychological trauma, and permanent disability after she became pinned between two vehicles in the school parking lot during after-school pickup. The Los Alamitos Unified School District had assumed responsibility for managing traffic in the school parking lot, including… read more

Rahul Ravipudi and Ian Samson obtained a $9,000,000 settlement in Clark County, Nevada for a young woman injured when her vehicle was struck by a Garda armored truck. With trial set for January 2025, PSR joined the case in September 2024 and immediately demanded full disclosure of all insurance policies, as required under Nevada law…. read more

PANISH | SHEA | RAVIPUDI LLP has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Contra Costa County Children & Family Services, Contra Costa Health Services, and the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff on behalf of Marta Barany for violating their mandated duties resulting in the death of her 15 -year-old daughter, Jazmin Pellegrini. Filed… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish, Adam Shea, Rahul Ravipudi, Peter Polos, Erika Contreras, Jesse Creed,  Robert Glassman, Spencer Lucas, David Rudorfer, Tom Schultz, Dan Dunbar, Lyssa Roberts, and Paul Traina have been named among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers for 2025. The seventh annual guide recognizes the best of the U.S. plaintiff bar who… read more