Nicole K. H. Maldonado | Pharmaceutical Liability Attorney

February 09, 2010

NICOLE K. H. MALDONADO: Class Actions, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Consumer Litigation, Personal Injury, Pharmaceutical Drug Liability, Product Liability Law, Wrongful Death Law

NICOLE K. H. MALDONADO
NMaldonado@BaumHedlundLaw.com
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Class Actions, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Consumer Litigation, Personal Injury, Pharmaceutical Drug Liability, Product Liability Law, Wrongful Death Law

Born:

Syracuse, New York, 1970

Education:

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (B.A., 1992)
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan (J.D. cum laude, 1999)
Michigan Bar Journal, Contributing Author, 1998
Associate Editor, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, 1999
Chair, Moot Court Board: National Moot Court Competition- Final Four
First-Year Moot Court Competition- Winner and Best Advocate
Student-Faculty Moot Court Competition-Winner
Certificates of Merit Awards: Scholarship Recipient from Mid-Michigan Women Lawyers Association

Admissions:

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2008
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2007
California, 2000
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 2000
Florida, 2004

Member:

State Bar of California
Florida State Bar
Central Florida Association of Women’s Lawyers
State Judicial Law Clerk to Chief Judge Beverly Nettles-Nickerson, 1998-1999
Juvenile Dependency Attorney, Independent Contract Office, California, 2000-2001
Criminal Defense Attorney, California 2001-2002
Judicial Law Clerk to U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen, U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of Michigan 2002-2004
Assistant Public Defender Ninth Judicial Circuit for Robert Wesley, Elected Public Defender for Orange and Osceola Counties, Florida 2004-2007
The American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA), STEP-Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts Section

Legal Teaching Positions :

Teaching Assistant, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing Michigan, 1996-1999
Professor of Law, Criminal Justice, Lansing Community College, 1999
Trainer, Public Defender’s Office, Orlando, Florida, 2005-2007

Awards and Honors:

Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Published Cases

Cunningham v. SmithKline Beecham, 255 F.R.D. 474 (N.D.Ind. 2009) (ordering defendant to produce documents and awarding sanctions)
Forst v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 602 F.Supp.2d 960 (E.D.Wis. 2009) (denying defendant's motion for summary judgment; confirming that Wisconsin has not adopted the learned intermediary doctrine; and allowing all of plaintiffs' claims, including, negligence, fraud and punitive damages to proceed to the jury)
Forst v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., 639 F.Supp.2d 948 (E.D.Wis.,2009) (denying defendant's motion for summary judgment and holding that plaintiffs' claims are not preempted by the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act)

Pro Bono & Civic Activities:

Volunteered legal services for the Orange County Homeless Project Connect
High school and elementary school student mentor. Taught indigent defense, performed mock trials and coached trial competitions.
Mock Trial Judge for the American Association of Justice, 2008 Student Trial Advocacy Competition

Practice Areas:

Class Actions
Complex and Multi-District Litigation
Consumer Litigation
Personal Injury
Pharmaceutical Drug Liability
Product Liability Law
Wrongful Death Law

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