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Peter J. Polos

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2013.
11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 700 Los Angeles, California 90025
(310) 477-1700
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Firm: Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP
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Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP


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Phone Number (310) 477-1700

The Honorable Peter J. Polos (ret.) is Of Counsel to the firm and serves as its Director of Litigation. In that role, he assists in overseeing the firm’s entire litigation practice, providing a unique perspective as both an experienced trial lawyer and as a judge who understands effective case presentation.

Prior to joining Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, Judge Polos spent eight years as a Superior Court Judge in Orange County, California. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Gray Davis in 2001 and sat for almost five years on the General Civil Panel hearing complex tort, business, employment and product liability cases. He presided over 250 trials, including the City of Anaheim v. L. A. Angels of Anaheim naming case as well as numerous other high profile cases. His assignments also included handling misdemeanor and felony criminal jury trials. During his time on the bench, Judge Polos was appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to serve two terms as a member of the Judicial Council’s Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee. He served on both the Complex and Uniform Rules Subcommittees and Co-chaired the committee for Minor’s Compromise reform. Judge Polos served two terms as an alternate on the Court’s Executive Committee and was a long time member of the Grand Jury Selection Committee and the Educational Committee. He previously served on the Court Technology Committee and the Court Referral Program Advisory Council. He also was asked by the presiding judge to serve as a mentor Judge to newly appointed Judges.

Before his appointment to the bench in 2001, Judge Polos practiced complex plaintiff’s litigation, including mass tort, product liability and medical malpractice cases. Judge Polos served as a member of the Plaintiff’s Executive Committee of the Coordinated Fen/Phen Litigation, on the Executive Committee for the Coordinated Ford/Firestone Litigation, and as Co-Lead Counsel for Southern California for the Coordinated Sulzer Hip Litigation. He was the primary handling attorney on over 2000 Superior Court Cases which resulted in over one billion dollars in settlements. The mass tort cases he has been involved with collectively have settled for over seven billion dollars. Judge Polos practiced with David M. Harney in Los Angeles from 1990 to 1996 and was a partner at Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman, Skikos & Polos in Newport Beach from 1996 to December 2001.

Judge Polos attended UCLA on a Water Polo scholarship and earned his undergraduate degree in Economics in 1987. While at UCLA, he was a member of the Air Force ROTC and earned one of two quotas given to all Southern California ROTC members to enter flight school after graduation. He also earned his pilot’s license for a Cessna 152 while at UCLA. Judge Polos graduated from Loyola Law School with his JD in 1990.

Judge Polos is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He serves on the ABTL Judicial Advisory Committee and is a member of the Banyard Inn of Court. He was the 2003 recipient of the W. Patrick McCray award presented by the West Orange County Bar Association. Judge Polos has two children in elementary school and has been married to his wife, Kristie, for over 12 years. His hobbies include coaching his kids’ sports teams and golf.

Articles:

  • The Orange County Register – Frank and ‘Angels Judge’ take in game
  • Press Release – Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Polos to Join Prominent Plaintiff’s Firm Panish Shea & Boyle LLP
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Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
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Office: (310) 477-1700
11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 700
Los Angeles, California 90025
Los Angeles, California 90025
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