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# Patrick Gunning

Patrick Gunning is an associate at Panish Shea & Boyle, LLP in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of UCLA School of Law, Mr. Gunning is licensed in California and has practiced for five years exclusively representing plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, and products liability cases.

### Articles written by this author:

[![Seeking punitive damages against drivers distracted by hand-held electronic devices](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Gunnng-thinkstock-468446497_ce495cf0d24b834f42aa365756ac2c12.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/seeking-punitive-damages-against-drivers-distracted-by-hand-held-electronic-devices "Seeking punitive damages against drivers distracted by hand-held electronic devices")

## [Seeking punitive damages against drivers distracted by hand-held electronic devices](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/seeking-punitive-damages-against-drivers-distracted-by-hand-held-electronic-devices "Seeking punitive damages against drivers distracted by hand-held electronic devices")

Distracted drivers’ cases can adopt the legal principles providing for punitive damages against drunk drivers

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

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

## [If you love them, let them go](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/if-you-love-them-let-them-go "If you love them, let them go")

By withdrawing as counsel and advising your client to proceed as an unrepresented pro se claimant, the insurance carrier may choose to low-ball them and consequently open up the policy

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

[2017 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may)

[![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)