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Unrelenting winter storms have wreaked havoc in California, dropping more than a foot of rain in some areas and leaving roads dangerous and impassable throughout the state. Communities are flooding from swollen creeks and sinkholes are swallowing up vehicles on the roadways. At least 17 people have died from storms that began late last month,… read more

Kevin R. Boyle has been named 2023 President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Los Angeles. With over 2,400 members, the Los Angeles Chapter is the largest of the five ABTL chapters in California. Mr. Boyle will serve a one-year term beginning January 1, 2023 and is the first plaintiffs’ lawyer since 2009… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Robert Glassman and Erika Contreras have obtained a $15,750,000 settlement from the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District for the mother of 13-year-old Adilene Carrasco who suffered an asthma attack at school and died as a result of the district’s failure to follow its own safety protocols. This is… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has once again been ranked among the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. The firm is recognized with a National Tier 1 ranking in Mass Torts/Class Actions-Plaintiffs as well as Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings in two metropolitan cities — one in Los Angeles,… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys Adam Shea, Nicholas Yoka, Spencer Lucas, and Ryan Casey have obtained an $8,000,000 settlement for Elisa and Cristobal Guardado, the parents of 18-year-old Andrés Guardado who was fatally shot multiple times by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Miguel Vega in June 2020. The settlement was unanimously approved… read more

Following seven days of trial, PSBR partner Spencer Lucas and firm attorney Alec Clark, alongside co-counsel Sharen Ghatan, reached a $5,000,000 settlement in a wrongful death case involving a 22 year old man who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at a Crunch Fitness in Northridge, California. The gym violated California law that requires health studio… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorney Erika Contreras has been named a 2022 Latina Trailblazer by the Latina Lawyers Bar Association. Ms. Contreras was honored with this distinction at the 25th Annual Awards and Scholarship Dinner in Los Angeles, California and received her award alongside fellow honorees California Supreme Court Justice Patricia Guerrero, and… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Brian Panish has been named among 2022’s Top 100 Lawyers in California by Daily Journal. The annual publication profiles 100 attorneys throughout the Golden State who are doing cutting-edge legal work on behalf of their clients. The feature profile highlighting Mr. Panish includes his work as Lead Trial Counsel in… read more

The Fairview Fire, a wildlands fire that erupted in Hemet, California on Monday, September 5th has killed two people, severely injured a third person, and burned over 7,091 acres in Riverside County. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the wildfire is only 5% contained as firefighters from across the state continue… read more

Amazon delivery drivers are often responsible for accidents that result in catastrophic injuries and death. In 2021 alone, Amazon was the defendant in upwards of 119 automobile accident lawsuits. For example, 24-year-old was sitting in the backseat of his brother’s vehicle as they were stopped in traffic on the highway in Atlanta, Georgia. The vehicle… read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP attorneys David Rudorfer and Wyatt Vespermann have obtained a $26,000,000 jury verdict in Los Angeles County for a former Pasadena Unified School District special education student who was sexually assaulted at school by three of her male classmates. Plaintiff was also represented in the matter by co-counsel, Sheri E…. read more

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is proud to announce  Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) has selected PSBR founding partner Brian Panish and attorney Jesse Creed among the finalists for 2022 Consumer Attorney of the Year for their work on the the Southern California Gas Leak Cases resulting from the 2015 SoCal Gas Well Blowout… read more