Practice Areas - Catastrophic Injury
- School Bus Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Railroad Accidents and Injuries
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- Complex Litigation
- Multi-District Litigation
- Aviation Litigation
- Maritime Accidents
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 424-279-4870 Facsimile: 310-820-7444 URL: http://www.truckinjurylawfirm.com http://www.truckinjurylawfirm.com http://www.airplanecrash-lawyer.com http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com
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| University | Los Angeles Harbor College, A.A., 1968; California State University at Long Beach, B.A., cum laude, 1971 |
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| Law School | University of San Diego, J.D., 1975 |
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| Admitted | 1975, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1979, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2010, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin |
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| Memberships | State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles; Consumer Attorneys of California. |
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| Born | Washington, D.C., 1948 |
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| Biography | Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law, 1973; National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002; Selected to Southern California Super Lawyers, 2005, 2008-2012; Avvo.com Superb Score 10.0 out of 10; Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2013; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America. Lecturer, Author. Co-Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel for the Coordinated Discovery Cases, Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 accident, Burbank, California, 2000; Trial Team Member, 2003, Airborne Charter Inc./Avjet, Aspen, Colorado, 2001; Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Glendale Metrolink Derailment Cases, Glendale, California, 2005; Trial Co-Counsel 2006 for 1998 Bell Helicopter crash in Los Angeles, California; Trial Co-Counsel, 2006 for 2004 Tyson Foods truck crash near Crestline, Ohio; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Chatsworth Metrolink Collision Cases, Chatsworth, California, 2008. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of West Los Angeles School of Law, 1986-1997.
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| Reported Cases | Penner v. Falk, 153 Cal. App. 3d 858, 200 Cal. Rptr. 661 (1984); Geffen v. County of Los Angeles, 197 Cal. App. 3d 188, 242 Cal. Rptr. 492 (1987); Cheng v. United Airlines, Inc., 1995 WL 42157 (N.D. Ill. 1995) reconsideration denied by Cheng v. United Airlines, Inc. 1995 WL 314575 (N.D. Ill. 1995); In re Air Crash Off Point Mugu, California, on January 30, 2000, 145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (N.D.Cal., 2001); McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc., 211 F.R.D. 381 (C.D.Cal., 2002); McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc., 208 F.R.D. 617 (C.D.Cal. 2002). |
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| ISLN | 909390899 |
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