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title: Brian Panish
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![Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/PANISH-BRIAN-web_066af510df5be71970b174ca3ef94af1.jpg)

# Brian Panish

Brian Panish is a partner at Panish, Shea & Boyle LLP in Los Angeles. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates. He specializes in litigating catastrophic injury or wrongful death cases on behalf of plaintiffs. (www.psblaw.com)

### Articles written by this author:

## [Fighting sub rosa corruption](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/fighting-sub-rosa-corruption "Fighting sub rosa corruption")

Tools to use against an ambush at trial by defendant’s corrupted evidence

[Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-panish "Brian Panish")
[David Rudorfer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-rudorfer "David Rudorfer")

[2014 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april)

## [Fighting the medical-emergency defense](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-may/fighting-the-medical-emergency-defense "Fighting the medical-emergency defense")

Can a defendant avoid liability by claiming a “medical emergency?”

[Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-panish "Brian Panish")
[David Rudorfer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-rudorfer "David Rudorfer")

[2016 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-may)

## [Jury selection for the 21st century](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-january/jury-selection-for-the-21st-century "Jury selection for the 21st century")

A practical, court-focused look at how you will select a jury and what you can and cannot accomplish in the process

[Adam Shea](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/adam-shea "Adam Shea")
[Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-panish "Brian Panish")
[Larry Hall](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/larry-hall "Larry Hall")

[2018 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-january)

[![Litigating a Federal Tort Claims Act case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Panish-Samson-istock-515440410_892ba4fe3176e6f2d464e1b35fe752ab.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-march/litigating-a-federal-tort-claims-act-case "Litigating a Federal Tort Claims Act case")

## [Litigating a Federal Tort Claims Act case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-march/litigating-a-federal-tort-claims-act-case "Litigating a Federal Tort Claims Act case")

When it applies, how to file your claim, and litigation strategies

[Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-panish "Brian Panish")
[Ian Samson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ian-samson "Ian Samson")

[2020 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-march)

[![Arguing non-economic damages in a wrongful-death case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Panish-istock-470120262_67747918b35b40a343154d3c9a3a49e3.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/arguing-non-economic-damages-in-a-wrongful-death-case "Arguing non-economic damages in a wrongful-death case")

## [Arguing non-economic damages in a wrongful-death case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/arguing-non-economic-damages-in-a-wrongful-death-case "Arguing non-economic damages in a wrongful-death case")

To achieve maximum non-economic damages, we must find and tell extraordinary stories

[Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-panish "Brian Panish")
[Patrick Gunning](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/patrick-gunning "Patrick Gunning")

[2021 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april)

## [Maximizing general damages through storytelling](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-april/maximizing-general-damages-through-storytelling "Maximizing general damages through storytelling")

Crafting impactful stories in catastrophic-injury and wrongful-death cases

[Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-panish "Brian Panish")
[Ryan Casey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-casey "Ryan Casey")

[2025 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-april)