Roger Drake is an associate attorney of Baum Hedlund and handles personal injury and wrongful death cases stemming from commercial transportation accidents and drug product liability negligence. He is also handling consumer fraud cases against major drug manufacturers. Mr. Drake received his law degree cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as a Judicial Extern for Chief Judge Paul R. Matia in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Anne L. Kilbane in the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Eighth Appellate District. Mr. Drake is admitted in California and Ohio.
Born:
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1975
Education:
- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (B.A., 1997)
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio (J.D., cum laude, 2002)
- Niagara Moot Court Team
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Restitution, 2000
- Judicial Extern for Chief Judge Paul R. Matia, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2001
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Commercial Paper, 2002
- Law Clerk, Judge Anne L. Kilbane, Ohio Court of Appeals for the Eighth Appellate District, 2004-2005
Admissions:
- Ohio, 2002
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2003
- California, 2005
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2006
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2007
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 2007
Member:
- State Bar of California
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- The American Association for Justice, formerly ATLA
- Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles
Awards and Honors:
- Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Selected to: Southern California Super Lawyers – Rising Star, 2009
Author:
- "Defense Medical Exams (DMEs), Practical Ways to Limit Physical and Mental Examinations," FORUM, Consumer Attorneys of California, Jan/Feb 2008
Practice Areas:
- Aviation Accidents
- Catastrophic Injury
- Commercial Truck Accidents
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Mass Disaster Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceutical Drug Product Liability
- Product Liability
- Wrongful Death Law
ROGER D. DRAKE