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title: Ryan Casey
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![Ryan Casey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Casey_2a22d89805e50aed22f06a3f4bd279bf.jpg)

# Ryan Casey

*Ryan Casey is an attorney in his 16th year of practice. He is a senior partner and trial attorney at*Wilshire Law Firm*. He is based primarily in Los Angeles but is licensed in California, Arizona, and Nevada. His practice focuses on complex catastrophic personal injury, product liability, and wrongful-death cases.  *

### Articles written by this author:

## [Knowing when to be direct](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-april/knowing-when-to-be-direct "Knowing when to be direct")

Using a “direct victim” theory to recover emotional distress damages

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

[2015 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-april)

## [Identifying the Workers’ Comp third-party crossover case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2016-may/identifying-the-workers-comp-third-party-crossover-case "Identifying the Workers’ Comp third-party crossover case")

Key pointers for pursuing a crossover case to help maximize your client’s recovery through Workers’ Comp and tort claims

[Adam Shea](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/adam-shea "Adam Shea")
[Ryan Casey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-casey "Ryan Casey")

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

[![Pitch-ing for the win](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/casey_istock_157284612_3ae676e11ee127553b5b5f1206a415f3.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-april/pitch-ing-for-the-win "Pitch-ing for the win")

## [Pitch-ing for the win](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-april/pitch-ing-for-the-win "Pitch-ing for the win")

How a [[case]]Pitchess[[/case]] motion can be used to obtain crucial evidence in motor-vehicle collision cases where one or more defendants is in law enforcement

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

[2018 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-april)

## [Designated hit](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-february/designated-hit "Designated hit")

Expert designations and how recent caselaw affects the ability to strike “improper” experts found in defendant’s supplemental designation

[Andrew Owen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-owen "Andrew Owen")
[Ryan Casey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-casey "Ryan Casey")

[2020 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-february)

## [Well pleaded](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december/well-pleaded "Well pleaded")

Tips for drafting effective and well-organized complaints that can help you avoid unnecessary issues

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

[2022 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-december)

## [Navigating [[case]]Privette[[/case]] requires a bit of magic these days](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-may/navigating-case-privette-case-requires-a-bit-of-magic-these-days "Navigating [[case]]Privette[[/case]] requires a bit of magic these days")

Examining the [[case]]Privette[[/case]] doctrine in light of recent case law on bringing multi-employer jobsite-injury cases or workers’ comp crossover cases

[Jordan Phillips](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jordan-phillips "Jordan Phillips")
[Ryan Casey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-casey "Ryan Casey")

[2024 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-may)

## [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)

[![Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Case_Salguero_art_Pg_14_Uber-2198562674_8fd2ceca32f464b4a6821828126a6258.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-july/uber-and-lyft-s-other-limitation-on-injured-parties-rights-to-recover-damages "Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages")

## [Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-july/uber-and-lyft-s-other-limitation-on-injured-parties-rights-to-recover-damages "Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages")

How the 2026 $60,000 UM/UIM cap instituted by SB 371 impacts California consumers’ access to compensation

[Edwin S. Salguero](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/edwin-s-salguero "Edwin S. Salguero")
[Ryan Casey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-casey "Ryan Casey")

[2026 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-july)