Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP Attorney Tom Schultz Named Partner

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 22, 2024--

Nationally recognized law firm 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.

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“Tom is not only a dedicated and fierce advocate for our clients, he is a team leader and an exceptional trial lawyer," said Brian J. Panish. "We congratulate Tom on this accomplishment and thank him for all of his hard work over the years."

Since joining the firm in 2011, Mr. Schultz has been a part of many of the firm’s significant cases leading to more than one billion dollars in settlements and verdicts on behalf of our clients including a $160.5 million verdict for a traumatically brain injured client, a $36.5 million verdict for a spine injury client, a $34.5 million verdict for a leg amputee, a $20.5 million wrongful death verdict, and many others. Most recently, he was a member of the trial team who obtained an $11 million verdict for a motorcyclist who suffered severe injuries in a collision with a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power vehicle. Over the course of his 33-year career as an attorney, Mr. Schultz has represented over 4,000 plaintiffs and recovered more than $2 billion for his clients.

For his work on behalf of plaintiffs, Mr. Schultz has been recognized by several legal organizations and publications, including as a two-time finalist for Consumer Attorneys of California's Consumer Attorney of the Year award and five Top Verdict by Dollar and Top Verdict by Impact recognitions by Daily Journal. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell – the highest rating possible for an attorney – and listed as a Southern California Super Lawyer as well as among the Best Lawyers in America®.

Mr. Schultz received his bachelor's degree from the University of California Los Angeles and his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School. He is admitted to practice in California and a member of the American Board of Trial Attorneys Orange County Chapter.

"Being a partner is recognition of a job well done," said Mr. Schultz. "In my career, I've worked with some of the best lawyers in the business. To say they are my partners truly means a lot to me."

ABOUT PANISH | SHEA | RAVIPUDI LLP

Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP is a nationally recognized law firm representing plaintiffs in wrongful death, catastrophic injury, sexual abuse/assault, product liability, mass torts, and business litigation cases. With offices in California and Nevada, firm attorneys have dedicated themselves to obtaining justice for clients who are often dealing with a life-altering injury, death of a family member, or other challenges caused by the wrongful act of another. With this mission at the heart of its work, the firm has obtained some of the most significant verdicts and settlements for plaintiffs in United States history.

Tom Schultz, partner at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP (Photo: Business Wire)

PRAGUE (AP) — The main opposition party dominated Czech regional elections and was ahead in the first round of voting for Parliament’s upper house, according to results released Saturday.

With almost all the votes counted, the ANO (YES) movement led by former populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis won 10 of the 13 regions contested in the election on Friday and Saturday, the Czech Statistics Office said.

The result reflected a stable support for ANO, which also won 10 regions in 2020 and nine in 2016, and a boost for Babis ahead of next year's general election.

ANO also has the most candidates advancing to the runoffs for 27 seats in the 81-seat Senate. The top two finishers in each district will face each other in a head-to-head vote next weekend.

With ballots from 99% of stations counted, ANO had 19 candidates advancing to the runoffs.

The Czech Statistics Office said five candidates reached the 50% threshold to win seats outright, leaving 22 seats to be decided in runoffs next week between the top two finishers in each race.

The outright winners included two candidates from ANO, one from the Christian Democrats, a member of the governing five-party coalition, an independent representing the coalition and an opposition Social Democrat.

Government lawmakers currently have a clear majority in the Senate.

Parliament’s lower house is more powerful, but the Senate plays an important role in passing constitutional amendments and approving Constitutional Court judges.

The elections took place in the wake of massive floods that hit Central Europe in recent days, claiming at least 24 lives, five of them in the Czech Republic.

The Czech opposition wins big in the regional election and leads in the Senate vote

The Czech opposition wins big in the regional election and leads in the Senate vote

Firefighters set up an improvised polling station for a two-day vote for one-third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, and to select their representatives in regional elections, in Široká Niva, Czech Republic, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Jaroslav Ozana/CTK via AP)