Michael L. Baum | Drug Product Liability Attorney

May 13, 2008

MICHAEL L. BAUM
MBaum@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Aviation Accidents, Catastrophic Injury, Class Action Litigation, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Consumer Litigation, Mass Disaster Litigation, Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability, Product Liability, Railroad Accidents, School Bus Accidents, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

Clinton, Oklahoma, 1952

Education:

University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982)
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 1985)

Admissions:

California, 1985
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1986
US District Court, Eastern District of California, 1989
US District Court, Northern District of California, 1989
US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990
US District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1991
US Supreme Court, 1991
District of Columbia, 1993
US District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1993
US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1996
US District Court, Northern District of New York, 1996
US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1997

Member:

State Bar of California
The District of Columbia Bar
Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Consumer Attorneys of California
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 817, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989
Trial Team Member, 1991-1992, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa: Member, 1989
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 891, Northwest Airlines Crash, Detroit, 1990
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 1041, USAir 1016 Aircrash of Charlotte, North Carolina, 1994
Trial Team Member, 1997, USAir 1016 Aircrash of Charlotte, North Carolina, 1994
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Illinois State Court Proceedings for USAir 427 Aircrash near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 1994
Lead Counsel for 125 Consolidated Complex Biological-Medical Products Liability Cases, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997-2001
Trial Team Member, Consolidated Hemophilia-AIDS Cases, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999
Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-1574, Paxil Products Liability Litigation

Governmental Testimony:

Taiwan’s Ministry of Health emergency meeting regarding hemophilia HIV contaminated medication, February 18, 2004

Honors:

Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
Who's Who in the World
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in American Law
Aviation Counsel Magazine's List of Recommended High Flyers, believed by the International Air Transport Association's Legal Dept. to be one of the most elite lists of aviation law practitioners ever produced
National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002
Southern California Super Lawyer 2005

Practice Areas:

Aviation Accidents
Catastrophic Injury
Class Action Litigation
Complex and Multi-District Litigation
Consumer Litigation
Mass Disaster Litigation
Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability
Product Liability
Railroad Accidents and Injuries
School Bus Accidents
Wrongful Death Law

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