ERIKA CONTRERAS
Partner
Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP
Erika Contreras is a partner at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and focuses her practice on catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and motor carrier liability cases. Contreras is a true advocate for her clients and has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in awards.
Contreras was a recipient of the 2023 California Lawyers Attorney of the Year Award for her work on Sepulveda v. Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District. Contreras worked alongside firm partner Robert Glassman and obtained a $15,750,000 settlement for the wrongful death of 13-yearold Adilene Carrasco who died as the result of a mismanaged asthma attack at school. Contreras and Glassman were able to obtain five non-monetary terms which included more training for employees to help prevent this type of tragedy from ever happening again.
