Mark A. Ryan

Mark Werksman is a former Deputy District Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney with 20 years of criminal trial experience who specializes in all areas of state and federal criminal defense including white collar crimes, financial and organized crimes, felony offenses such as murder, extortion, narcotics trafficking, fraud, bribery, gambling, and counterfeit merchandise. Mr. Werksman is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Southern California Law Center. Mr. Werksman has s...

David Rudorfer is a trial lawyer at Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP who represents individuals in personal injury and wrongful death cases. He has extensive experience handling serious injury cases involving traumatic brain injuries, spine injuries, nerve injuries, paralysis injuries, and amputations as well as any injuries leading to death. He also has experience with injury or wrongful death cases involving commercial vehicle collisions, sex abuse, drownings, explosions, power lines, p...

Mark Holscher is a partner in the Firm's Los Angeles and San Francisco offices and is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group. In the last five years, Mark has obtained plaintiffs verdicts and settlements of over $1.1 billion, with multiple nine figure recoveries. Mark has also successfully defended clients against multiple claims in excess of a billion dollars. Mark’s background as a former Assistant United States Attorney coupled with his successful civil trial record has...

Iain Nasatir specializes in insurance coverage, insolvency, regulatory, reinsurance and bankruptcy disputes. His cases have involved the interplay between state insurance regulators and bankruptcy court jurisdiction, such as Superior National, Fremont and Executive Life. Mr. Nasatir also advises on complex regulatory, jurisdictional, insurance, and reinsurance issues arising in bankruptcy, such as captive insurers and D&O insurance coverage. Finally, he is heavily involved with insurance ...

Robert Keane is a real estate partner in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He concentrates his practice primarily on the representation of private equity firms, opportunity funds, domestic and international companies, investment banks, commercial banks, non-regulated lenders and pension funds in real estate-related equity investments, joint venture formations, lending, acquisitions and dispositions and debt restructuring, workouts and reorganizations. Robert is one of only f...

Ivy Kagan Bierman’s practice includes the representation of entertainment and related companies in labor, production, distribution, technology and other business matters. She handles both transactional and litigation matters for clients. Ivy is one of a select few entertainment industry labor lawyers looked to for representation in guild and union matters by film and television production companies, digital companies and networks, cable networks, public broadcasting companies, distribut...

Ellisen Turner is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Based in the Los Angeles office, his broad IP practice includes patent and trade secret litigation and intellectual property transactions. Ellisen is an IP strategist who combines business acumen with deep understanding of IP law to support his clients’ business goals and maximize the value of their technology. Ellisen represents and counsels clients in complex commercial and intellectua...

Melissa T. Daugherty leverages her decades of experience representing management in complex employment law matters, dispute resolution, and litigation across California and beyond. Her pragmatic yet strategic approach to both litigation and prevention sets her apart, enabling clients to navigate intricate state and federal discrimination and other claims with confidence. Known for her sharp legal insight and adaptability, Melissa partners with a diverse range of clients – ranging from f...

Rahul Ravipudi is a personal injury trial attorney and partner at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and has spent his legal career handling catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving commercial vehicles, pedestrians , industrial or construction accidents , utility negligence, dangerous conditions of public and private property as well as cases of sexual abuse and sexual assault . A leader in wildfire litigation, Mr. Ravipudi also represents consumers in class actions against businesses...

Spencer Lucas is a partner and trial lawyer at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP where he specializes in litigating complex catastrophic personal injury, products liability and wrongful death cases. He has extensive experience in cases involving traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries and prides himself on helping injured people and their families. Mr. Lucas has successfully recovered over $600 million for his clients and has obtained numerous eight-figure verdicts and settlements in cas...