Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Honored As Golden Advocate ‘Benchmark Award’ Recipient By DK Global Inc.
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is honored to be the recipient of The Benchmark Award presented by DK Global Inc. as part of the 2016 Golden Advocate Awards. The Benchmark Award recognition is given to a firm “whose fierce representation of their clients has led to significant achievements.” With the support of DK Global’s interactive media,… read more
School Bus Driver Pleads Guilty In Death of Autistic Student Hun Joon “Paul” Lee
The bus driver responsible for the death of Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, a 19-year-old autistic student left aboard a Whittier school bus in September 2015, was remanded into custody on Friday after pleading guilty to one count of felony dependent abuse resulting in death as part of a plea agreement with the Los Angeles County… read more
Master Practice Series Features Brian Panish And His Personal Success Story
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP founding partner Brian Panish is this week’s featured attorney of the Master Practice series, presented by Power Liens and Verdict Videos. The Master Practice series is an video seminar available online, highlighting successful Plaintiffs attorneys as they share their hard-earned wisdom and insightful advice with new lawyers. “It was a… read more
Los Angeles & San Francisco Top List of Most Dangerous Elementary School Zones in California
Motor vehicle collisions are a leading cause of death in the United States, with pedestrians and bicyclists the most vulnerable users of the road. Due to their small size and inability to judge speed and distance, children are at even greater risk, heightening parental concerns for those who walk or ride their bike to and… read more
Porter Ranch Gas Well Blowout Victims Attempt to Quash Plea Agreement In Criminal Case Against SoCalGas
Counsel for thousands of Porter Ranch Gas Well Blowout victims will appear in Santa Clarita court on Tuesday morning in an attempt to quash a plea agreement between the Los Angeles District Attorney and Southern California Gas Company. The victims assert that the court’s approval of the plea bargain between the two parties in the… read more
Robert Glassman Reps Hawkins HS Football Players Against City Section; Team Continues Playoff Run
Hawkins High School parents, players and supporters gathered outside the Los Angeles Unified School District’s athletics office on Tuesday in protest of a hearing that threatened the football team’s participation in the City Section Division II playoffs. The City Section’s Board of Managers called the hearing to review possible sanctions against the high school following… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Among Featured Speakers at 55th Annual CAOC Convention
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys and staff are among the featured speakers and award finalists at The 55th Annual Consumer Attorneys of California Convention held in San Francisco this upcoming weekend. The distinguished event begins Thursday, November 10 with the New Lawyers Division and Women’s Caucus Community Service at the San Francisco Food… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Obtains $10 Million Settlement for Woman Rear-Ended By Tractor Trailer
PSBR attorneys Kevin Boyle and Andrew Owen secured a $10,000,000 settlement for a woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury after her disabled vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor trailer driven by a Western Express employee during the course and scope of his work. On June 22, 2012, Plaintiff Maria Shay was traveling on Interstate 10… read more
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Named to 2017 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has been ranked in the 2017 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers as a Metropolitan Tier 1 Firm in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and Product Liability – Plaintiffs in Los Angeles, California. This is the seventh consecutive year the firm has been… read more
Brian Panish and Kevin Boyle Named Irish Legal 100 Honorees for 2016
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP founding partners Brian Panish and Kevin Boyle have been named to the Irish Legal 100 for 2016. Founded in 2008, Irish Legal 100 is an annual compilation of some of the most accomplished and distinguished lawyers of Irish descent, chosen from law firms, law schools, the judiciary and industry from… read more
$14 Million Verdict Against County of Los Angeles For Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle On Sidewalk
On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded $13,935,550 to a man who was seriously injured when he was struck by a car while walking on a sidewalk in Norwalk, California. The plaintiff was represented at trial by Rahul Ravipudi, Thomas Schultz and Erika Contreras of Panish | Shea |… read more
Tour Bus Crash on I-10 Leaves 13 Dead and 31 Injured
In the early hours of Sunday morning, tragedy struck just outside Palm Springs. At 5:17 a.m., a tour bus shuttling riders back from a Casino collided with a tractor-trailer on I-10 West, leaving 13 people dead and another 31 injured. According to California Highway Patrol Division Chief Jim Abele, the bus was traveling at a… read more