About Wyatt Vespermann

Wyatt Vespermann is an attorney with Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and focuses on pharmaceutical mass torts and foster care abuse litigation. Mr. Vespermann has extensive experience handling serious injury cases involving defective medical devices and currently represents women impacted by the July 2019 worldwide recall of Allergan BIOCELL® textured breast implants due to the risk of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). He also has experience with injury and wrongful death cases involving traumatized youths who are the victims of abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Originally from a small farming community in California's Central Valley, Mr. Vespermann began his career as a trial attorney in Orange County handling matters involving catastrophic personal injury, products liability, and governmental entity liability. He then shifted to cases involving federally regulated medical devices, including claims implicating the preemption defense. Mr. Vespermann has spoken on topics in this field, including medical device reporting and complaint handling.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Vespermann worked as a paralegal focusing on elder law and helping to protect the rights of senior citizens. After working as a paralegal, he attended Pepperdine University School of Law, earning his Juris Doctor in 2018 and graduating cum laude. During his time at Pepperdine University, Mr. Vespermann was selected for membership in The Order of The Barristers for his performance on the school's trial advocacy team. While on the team, he competed in the 2017 San Diego Defense Lawyers National Trial Competition in San Diego, CA, and the 2018 Student Trial Advocacy Competition hosted by AAJ in Santa Monica, CA.

Mr. Vespermann is a member in good standing of the State Bar of California and the State of Nevada, an active member of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Central, Northern, and Eastern Districts.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP

These results are credited to Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$1.2 billionVerdictTop 20 in California · #6

A Los Angeles jury ordered General Motors to pay $4.9 billion after a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu's rear-mounted fuel tank ruptured and burned six occupants in a rear-end crash, the largest US personal-injury verdict at the time.

Los Angeles, CA (LA County Superior Court) · 1999Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Kevin Boyle of the firm served as one of three plaintiffs' co-lead counsel in the $800 million settlement with MGM Resorts for victims of the 2017 Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting at Mandalay Bay.

Las Vegas, NV (Clark County District Court) · 2020Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

A Los Angeles County jury ordered Rebecca Grossman and former Major League pitcher Scott Erickson to pay $198.17 million for the deaths of two brothers, ages 11 and 8, struck in a marked crosswalk near their home.

Los Angeles, CA (Van Nuys, LA County Superior Court) · 2026Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Las Vegas jury awarded hedge fund manager David Moradi $160.5 million after Cosmopolitan security personnel beat him at the Marquee nightclub and left him with a traumatic brain injury, and a confidential settlement followed during deliberations on punitive damages.

Las Vegas, NV (Clark County District Court) · 2017Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$121.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in California · #14

A Riverside County jury found Moreno Valley Unified School District 90 percent at fault for keeping teacher Thomas Lee West in the classroom for two decades despite molestation complaints, awarding $135 million to two former students he abused.

Riverside County, CA (Superior Court) · 2023Sexual AbuseRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Pepperdine University School of Law
J.D., 2018

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Nevada

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.