Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C.

Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman is recognized as a preeminent plaintiff firm that handles serious personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits across the nation stemming from commercial transportation and pharmaceutical drug products liability. The firm has represented thousands of victims in airline, general aviation, bus, train and trucking accidents as well as defective pharmaceutical products, chiefly antidepressants. The firm's attorneys are known for breaking new ground, holding Fortune 500 companies accountable, substantially influencing public policy, raising public awareness and improving product safety.

Baum Hedlund has prevailed in many of the most highly-publicized cases, as seen on our firm web site, including over 500 airline and general aviation accident cases, more than 245 commercial trucking, train and bus accident cases, and over 3,000 antidepressant product liability cases. These types of cases routinely involve evidence and choice of law issues in both state and federal courts throughout the country. Our published cases can be viewed on our firm's website at www.baumhedlundlaw.com.

Established in 1973, with offices in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., the firm has litigated wrongful death and serious injury cases for over 30 years and its attorneys have tried well over 200 cases in their careers. The firm has been handling thousands of SSRI cases (Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft) over the past 17 years, more than and longer than any other firm in the country.

Baum Hedlund's attorneys come from varied backgrounds and offer a unique combination of skills that are particularly useful in the investigation of defective products and commercial transportation accidents. Two of the firm's attorneys are also pilots, two have engineering degrees, and three were law professors. Former Adjunct Aviation Accident Law Professor, Ronald L.M. Goldman, is a private pilot and John Greaves is an airline-transport pilot and served as a captain of a major airline. Additionally, Paul Hedlund has a degree in mechanical engineering and Ilyas Akbari has a bioengineering degree. In addition to Ronald Goldman, Clark Aristei and Nicole Maldonado were also law professors prior to joining Baum Hedlund. Many of the firm's attorneys have delivered Continuing Legal Education accredited lectures on the complexities of mass tort litigation.

Baum Hedlund's staff has the experience and education to effectively handle complex cases from intake to resolution. Baum Hedlund attorneys have served on over 17 plaintiff steering committees in mass tort litigation that manage complex multi-district litigation arising from airline disasters, pharmaceutical drug defects and construction failures. Baum Hedlund's staff includes attorneys from top law schools, many of whom have maintained the highest attorney rating, and are listed in Martindale Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Aviation Counsel Magazine's list of Recommended High Flyers, Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law. Inclusion in these publications is solely based on merit. The firm's long history of professional and educational excellence continues with each case entrusted to it.