2015

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has donated $100,000 to the California State University, Fresno Foundation to establish the Ana G. Tapia Memorial Endowment Fund. Ms. Tapia was in her first year of the Master of Public Health program at Fresno State when she died from a car accident on Nov. 7, 2014. Firm partner… read more

The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform recently published “The New Lawsuit Ecosystem: Trends, Targets and Players” which it describes as a report on “big ticket litigation” and “the players that drive it.” Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP partner Brian Panish is named in the report as being among the leading plaintiffs’ lawyers in… read more

Brian Panish has been named to the Daily Journal’s 2013 list of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California.” The annual list honors “the attorneys whose work is having the widest impact” and “that is changing an industry or the law or the society as a whole.” In recognizing Mr. Panish, the Daily Journal cites to… read more

Hot on the heels of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s own Brian Panish working tirelessly to secure an $8.3 million verdict for a client who sustained complications after being implanted with the DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant, a California legal publication has just honored Mr. Panish with the coveted “Attorneys of the Year 2012”… read more

The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal has released its list of the top verdicts of last year, and Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP has been featured on the list not once, but twice, for efforts to aid clients in the personal injury legal realm. First, Brian Panish and Spencer Lucas represented a… read more

Did DePuy and parent company Johnson & Johnson essentially play a game of Russian Roulette with those persons who became recipients of the DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant?  That’s what a jury must decide. Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s Brian Panish posed that provocative statement during closing arguments which took place yesterday… read more

A trial attempting to determine the level of responsibility Johnson & Johnson should bear in the design and marketing of a defective hip implant is winding to a close, and Brian Panish of Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP was there to present closing arguments on behalf of a man injured by the implant. Mr…. read more

Numerous developments continue to arise as a lawsuit filed in conjunction with the DePuy ASR metal on metal hip implant gets addressed at trial.  This past Wednesday, a toxicologist with ChemRisk Inc. took the stand, and Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP’s own Brian Panish was there to question him. DePuy actually hired the toxicologist… read more

Brian Panish has been named a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer magazine. The CLAY awards are given annually by the magazine to recognize attorneys whose work made a significant impact during the previous year. Attorneys are recognized in 21 areas of legal practice; Panish was selected for a CLAY award in… read more

New evidence continues to show a disconcerting lack of concern on the part of DePuy in regards to the safety of their ASR metal on metal hip implant.  Our own Brian Panish recently questioned a marketing executive with the company during California state court proceedings, and the line of questioning brought some interesting documentation to… read more

The National Law Journal (NLJ) has recognized Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP LLP as among the leading plaintiffs’ law firms in the country in its annual “Plaintiffs’ Hot List”. Only 19 law firms nationwide were chosen for the honor, and Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is only firm on the list that is headquartered… read more

Brian Panish has been named by the Daily Journal as one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers of 2012. The list is a compilation of California attorneys “who moved the needle” and “had an impact on the legal industry, the state, the nation and the world”. Over 1000 attorneys were considered for the honor. In recognizing… read more