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Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Spencer Lucas, Matthew Freeman, and U. Sean Maneewongwathana have filed a lawsuit against the Benicia Unified School District on behalf of a female student who alleges she was sexually abused by a former teacher at Matthew Turner Elementary School. Filed in Solano County Superior Court, the lawsuit seeks… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is pleased to announce attorney Tom Schultz has been elevated to the position of partner with the firm. Mr. Schultz focuses his practice on representing plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, product liability and financial loss, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device cases. “Tom is not only… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish, Spencer Lucas, and Hunter Norton have filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the parents and siblings of Brandy Escamilla and Josilyn Ruiz, two Seattle nurses who were killed by an armed concertgoer at the 2023 Beyond Wonderland at The Gorge EDM festival. Filed in… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Robert Glassman, Tom Schultz, and Jonathan Davidi obtained a $11,045,000 jury verdict at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Van Nuys for motorcyclist Grady Dillon who suffered serious injuries following a collision with a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) vehicle. Mr. Dillon was riding… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is investigating claims against a former employee of the Glendale Unified School District who has been accused of sexually abusing at least six elementary school-aged boys while working as a special education teacher’s aide at John Muir Elementary School in  in Glendale, California. On October 3, 2023, Pedro Antonio… read more

Attorneys for the parents of a 15-year-old boy who was sexually abused and kidnapped by a Casa Grande Academy employee have filed suit against the residential facility for failing to protect their minor son from an alleged sexual predator. Filed On February 5, 2024 in Pima County Superior Court, Plaintiffs allege defendant Casa Grande Academy… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is investigating claims of sexual abuse by a former youth pastor affiliated with the popular Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California who has been criminally charged with sexually abusing at least four teenage boys he met through the youth ministry. Ruven Meulenberg was arrested in May 2017, accused of… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is pleased to announce attorneys Erika Contreras and David Rudorfer have been elevated to the position of partner within the firm, effective January 1, 2024. “Both David and Erika have been valued and integral members of our firm. They are fierce advocates for our clients and leaders among their… read more

For the second consecutive year, the Daily Journal publication has named Brian J. Panish as one of the Leading Commercial Litigators in its annual supplement. The 2024 edition honors 98 of the “best attorneys working within the broad scope of commercial and bet-the-company litigation across the country.” The profile featuring Mr. Panish highlights his current work on… read more

Brian Panish has been recognized as one of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. This is his fifth consecutive year of recognition and tenth year named to the Lawdragon 500 annual list. As noted by the publication, those named to the 2024 list include “amazing lawyers from throughout the land: whistleblowers, plaintiff medical malpractice… read more

The Super Lawyers publication has named 12 Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys to its list of 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers including Brian Panish, Adam Shea, Rahul Ravipudi, Spencer Lucas, Ryan Casey, Erika Contreras. Daniel Dunbar, Rachel Gezerseh, Peter Polos, Lyssa Roberts, Tom Schultz and Paul Traina. The annual list represents fewer than five percent of the lawyers in the… read more

Attorneys Erika Contreras and Robert Glassman have filed suit on behalf of the mother and siblings of Obed Liam Barbosa Carbajal who was tragically killed in a head-on collision last spring, The lawsuit seeks to hold the city accountable for its negligence in failing to implement corrective measures on a stretch of roadway that has… read more