Settlement Checkpoints: When and How You Can Get Your Case Resolved

Jonathan Davidi is a Trial Attorney at Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP, where he represents individuals in complex personal injury, wrongful death, and product defect cases. A dedicated advocate with a passion for trial work, he has secured more than $100 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients and has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star and included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Since 2020, Mr. Davidi has served as lead or co-lead counsel in multiple successful trials, including an $11 million verdict in Dillon v. City of Los Angeles and several other seven-figure jury awards. His reputation in the courtroom also drives exceptional settlement outcomes, with numerous seven- and eight-figure resolutions, including a $10 million tree-fall settlement and a $3.7 million head-injury settlement.

Mr. Davidi earned his J.D. from UC Hastings, graduating cum laude and serving as a member of the Honor Society and the mock trial team, where he won the AAJ National Championship. He is fluent in Farsi, licensed to practice in California, Nevada, and Texas, and remains active in CAALA, CAOC, and the UC Hastings community as co-chair of its Los Angeles Alumni chapter and a member of the Board of Governors. Outside the courtroom, he enjoys live music, exploring new restaurants, and cheering on the Los Angeles Lakers.

Brigitta Cymerint is an attorney at Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP and focuses her practice on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases in California.

Ms. Cymerint received her J.D. degree from Southwestern Law School, concentration in Civil Litigation. While there, she was the President of the Consumer Law Society, and it was through this club that she discovered her passion for consumer law. She was a teaching assistant for Professor Kutty for the 1L legal writing course, and a research assistant for Professor Michael Dorff for his book Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation: Express Your Values, Energize Stakeholders, Make The World A Better Place. In addition, she participated in the Street Law Clinic where she taught law at Magnolia Park High School for students with impaired social-emotional functioning and severe emotional disturbance. She was awarded the Wildman/Schumacher Scholarship and was awarded the JVS Scholarship due to her family being immigrants that were Holocaust survivors.

Her legal experience began here at PSR where she clerked during her 1L summer and continued throughout law school. Before pursing law, Ms. Cymerint had a career in the wine industry where she worked for wineries and distributors. She obtained an accredited MBA with a concentration in Wine Strategies from Sonoma State University, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Wine Strategies also from Sonoma State University.

She is a Southern California native and an active member of the State Bar of California, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), and the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC).