Erika Contreras

Erika Contreras is an attorney at Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP and focuses her practice on catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and motor carrier liability cases. Ms. Contreras has obtained millions of dollars in awards for her clients, including many seven-figure and eight-figure verdicts and settlements throughout California.

Ms. Contreras is named among the top attorneys in California with recognitions including Los Angeles Magazine‘s Top Women Attorneys in Southern California. In 2022, Ms. Contreras received the Trailblazer Award from the Latina Lawyers Bar Association and was honored among other Latina Trailblazers including the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, the Hon. Patricia Guerrero.
She has also been named to the list of Southern California Super Lawyers since 2020 and among the Best Lawyers in America since 2020.

Ms. Contreras was born and raised in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrants. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from UCLA in English with a minor in French. She then went on to attend Loyola Law School and obtained her J.D., all while working full time. She is admitted to practice law in California and Nevada.