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Brian Panish has been recognized by the Best Lawyers’ publication as “Lawyer of the Year” for Los Angeles in the area of Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs. He received the same honor in 2010. In 2009, Panish was named as Lawyer of the Year for Los Angeles in the area of Personal Injury Litigation. In… read more

PSBR represents the family of Ernest Allen, Sr., a 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles police department who was killed on May 9, 2014 when his car was hit head on by an out of control cement truck in Beverly Hills.  There have been at least four major accidents on the same road where Mr…. read more

On September 15, 2014, 26-year-old newlywed Lorae Bermudez was sunbathing on the beach in Venice when she was run over by an SUV driven by a Los Angeles County lifeguard. Ms. Bermudez suffered serious internal injuries and fractures to her pelvis and was taken to UCLA Medical Center for treatment. Ms. Bermudez’s husband, Thomas Kim,… read more

View LA Times Article Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP obtained a $10,450,000 verdict for the family of a man killed on set by a CBS truck in 2011. Julio Villamariona, age 52, was a security guard killed on the set when a CBS van transporting actors went out of control and ran over him…. read more

PSBR attorneys Adam Shea and Andrew Owen obtained a $4,000,000 settlement for the four children of a 72-year-old woman who was hit and killed by a San Francisco Muni bus as she was lawfully crossing within a marked crosswalk. The woman, a Daly City, California resident, was struck by an outbound 18-46th Avenue bus at… read more

PSBR attorneys Rahul Ravipudi and David Rudorfer obtained a $3,102,463.62 jury verdict in Pasadena, California for a woman who suffered a ruptured cervical disc as the result of a low speed, rear end car accident. In 2011, 56-year-old Teresa Gamage was the front passenger in a vehicle that was stopped at a red light when… read more

PSBR attorneys Robert Glassman, Rahul Ravipudi and Brian Panish obtained a $8,000,000 settlement for an 81-year-old woman who suffered a serious spinal cord injury after falling at a hotel. In October 2013, Marilyn Miller was at a hotel in Santa Ana, California attending her 64 year high school reunion. While attempting to leave the hotel,… read more

Brian Panish has been named to the Daily Journal’s 2014 list of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California.” The annual list honors the most influential attorneys in the state, and specifically those attorneys whose work has had a broad impact on the legal profession or the larger as a whole. In its profile of Mr…. read more

The National Law Journal has included Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP among the firms on its first list of America’s Elite Trial Lawyers. The list recognizes plaintiffs’ law firms that “are doing the most creative and substantial work on the plaintiffs side” and who “pulled in big victories in complex cases that have a… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, The Yerrid Law Firm And Jeffrey D. Murphy, Esq. Announce Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against UC Regents In Death Of Cal Football Player Ted Agu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oakland, California, August 5, 2014 The parents of Ted Agu, who was a 21-year-old student athlete and a member of the University… read more

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury has awarded $19,786,818 to a man who suffered severe burn and traumatic brain injuries when his rental home exploded as a result of Southern California Gas Company (“SoCalGas”) negligence. The plaintiff was represented at trial by Kevin Boyle, Rahul Ravipudi and Robert Glassman of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi… read more

The City of Oxnard has agreed to pay $6,700,000 to the family of Alfonso Limon, Jr., an innocent 21-year old man who died on October 13, 2012 when Oxnard police officers shot him to death after allegedly mistaking him for a suspect they were pursuing after a traffic stop. The City of Oxnard and the… read more