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Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish and Rahul Ravipudi held a press conference Thursday morning, announcing a series of lawsuits filed against Southern California Edison (SCE) on behalf of Ventura County ranchers affected by the Thomas Fire. Plaintiffs include longtime ranchers Aubrey “Bud” Sloan and his wife Kim, who lost more than 50… read more

On March 13, 2018, attorneys Brian Poulter of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and G. Amy Vahdat of Law Offices of Vahdat & Associate obtained a $1,036,338.86 jury verdict in Kern County Superior Court for personal injuries following a rear-end collision with a tractor-trailer.                     … read more

On February 27, 2018, Wildfire Victim Advocates attorneys Michael Kelly of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger and Frank Pitre of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP were appointed as Co-Lead Counsel, representing thousands of individual plaintiffs filing lawsuits against Pacific Gas & Electric Company and PG&E Corporation as a result of the North Bay Fires. The appointment was… read more

PSBR partner Kevin Boyle has been inducted as a Fellow of The American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America.                                                           … read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish and Rahul Ravipudi have been named members of the Plaintiffs Executive Committee in the North Bay Fires litigation in Northern California. The appointment was made following the first case management hearing in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday, February 27 and signed by Judge Curtis E.A. Karnow on… read more

PSBR attorneys David Rudorfer and Brian Panish obtained a $26,100,000 settlement for a man who was severely burned when his car was rear-ended by a big rig. A separate, confidential settlement was also previously agreed to with another defendant. Plaintiff  Rodrigo Parra was driving northbound on Highway SR-99 in Madera County, California when he was rear-ended… read more

Attorneys Brian Panish and Matthew Stumpf of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and R. Rex Parris, Bruce Schechter, Khail A. Parris, and Eric N. Wilson of PARRIS Law Firm have obtained a landmark $52,708,374 verdict in a Los Angeles County court for two Southern California brothers who were severely injured following a near head-on… read more

A Riverside County Superior Court jury has awarded $1,260,000 to the adult children of a 91-year-old man who was killed in a tour bus crash. The plaintiffs were represented at trial by Deborah Chang, Thomas Schultz, John Shaller and Austin Ward of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP. On the afternoon of December 19, 2013, decedent Khang Van… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is proud to have sponsored the purchase of childrens’ bicycles for Kids Bike LA, a first-of-its-kind event where young Angelenos were given the opportunity to learn about bicycle safety and education while participating in a community bike ride with their parents and/or guardians. Hosted by the Los Angeles Mayor’s… read more

PSBR attorneys recently settled two separate cases against the Regents of the University of California for amounts totaling $14,000,000. In the first case, PSBR attorneys David Rudorfer and Adam Shea obtained an $8,000,000 settlement for a woman and her husband after the woman was injured by a table that collapsed on her foot while she… read more

  Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish, Kevin Boyle, Adam Shea, Peter Polos, Rahul Ravipudi, Deborah Chang, Daniel Dunbar, Tom Schultz, Candice Klein, Spencer Lucas and Lyssa Roberts (not pictured) have been selected as 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers by the annual publication which rates outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree… read more

Drivers in Los Angeles (LA) face increased risks on the roads as car accident rates continue to rise. Those risks go up during heavy traffic hours, as most people quickly try to get home or run errands. Toss a few holidays and the random drunk driver into the mix and LA’s driving scene becomes deadly…. read more