David Rudorfer
About David Rudorfer
David Rudorfer is a trial lawyer and partner at Panish | Shea | 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, premises liability, and workplace incidents.
Most recently, Mr. Rudorfer was honored as the 2023 "Trial Lawyer of the Year" by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) for his work as lead trial counsel in a sex abuse case that resulted in a $26,000,000 jury verdict and a truck crash case that resulted in a $13,150,000 jury verdict. He was also a finalist for the 2023 "Consumer Attorney of the Year" by the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC).
Mr. Rudorfer is an active member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the Consumer Attorneys of California, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School following graduation from UCLA summa cum laude with a double major.
Notable case results
(vehicle collision, two deaths)
(leg amputation, big rig collision)
(sexual assault, special needs minor)
(partial paralysis, rear-end collision)
(two wrongful deaths, commercial vehicle)
(freeway collision death)
(quadriplegia, power line negligence)
(traumatic brain injury, electrical arc flash)
Jury verdict (rear-ended by tractor trailer)
(motorcycle fatality)
(wrongful death, medical emergency)
(employee seizure while driving)
(severe burns, subcontractor employee)
(CRPS, hotel premises liability)
(collapsed table injury)
(traumatic brain injury, commercial vehicle)
Total recovery (elderly pedestrian struck at farmers market)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
