Firm News

From Southwestern Law School Alumni News – Robert Glassman, an attorney with the plaintiffs law firm of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP, takes a moment from his busy practice to answer a few questions about his journey from law school to law practice and why he continues to support Southwestern as a member of… read more

A Riverside County Superior Court jury has awarded Jaishree and Prakash Sheth $36,482,302.56  in the big-rig truck crash that left Jaishree Sheth catastrophically injured.  The Sheths were represented at the four week trial by Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Brian Panish, Tom Schultz and Ryan Casey.  At the time, this was the largest… read more

Jovanna LugoThe Los Angeles City Council agreed Friday to a $6.6 million payment to the family of a woman killed by a speeding police patrol car. The unanimous decision marks the largest amount of taxpayer funds the city has ever paid to resolve a Los Angeles Police Department traffic collision, surpassing a $5 million payout… read more

Since the recall of the DePuy ASR hip, the attorneys of PSBR have filed almost 200 cases in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of plaintiffs who received this defective product. The design of the ASR hip causes it to fail years earlier than other hip replacements, necessitating revision surgeries, and causing other injuries. PSBR… read more

In its April 30, 2012 edition, The Recorder highlights the top verdicts in California in 2011 and five of those verdicts were obtained by the Los Angeles personal injury law firm Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP LLP – more than any other law firm. Four of the verdicts are included among the top 30 highest… read more

On April 18, 20012, Judge William Martinez, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, denied defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in the case of Pritchett v. I-Flow, and ordered that the matter will proceed to trial on plaintiff’s claims for negligence, strict product liability, fraud and negligent misrepresentation. Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP… read more

On April 13th 2012, trial lawyers Spencer Lucas and Tom Schultz settled a complex semi-truck collision case for $1,200,000.  The Plaintiff was a truck driver that was slowing for traffic on the 60 freeway when he was rear-ended by another semi truck.  The impact was relatively minor but caused The Plaintiff seat to dislodge forward… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP was a gold sponsor of Southwestern Law School’s sold-out Judges Tribute Dinner held on February 24 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Brian Panish, a Southwestern graduate, served as the event’s Master of Ceremonies and was also Chair of the Judges Tribute Dinner Committee. More than… read more

On March 17th, a team of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys, staff, friends and family ran and walked in support of Public Counsel at its annual “Run for Justice”, a fundraiser that is held as part of the LA Big 5K, the official warm up race for the Los Angeles Marathon. Despite the… read more

Brian Panish Serves as Dinner Chair Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP LLP is a Gold Sponsor of the Southwestern Law School Judges Tribute Dinner being held tonight, February 24, 2012, at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The dinner honors Southwestern alumni who have gone on to serve as a member of the bench…. read more

Los Angeles, January 25, 2012. In the recent 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers publication in Los Angeles Magazine, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Brian Panish received the highest number of points overall among all Southern California attorneys in any practice area. Panish was also named among the Top Ten Super Lawyers in Southern… read more

Since the introduction of the R-44 more than a decade ago, Robinson Helicopter Co. was allegedly aware of the vibrations present in the main rotor mast. According to a statement made by counsel Wednesday, those same vibrations contributed to the 2006 helicopter crash in Riverside County that left an experienced pilot and his brother-in-law dead…. read more