Los Angeles, California
phone (888) 406-6726
fax (310) 820-7444
Email Me mbaum@baumhedlundlaw.com

Michael L. Baum is the senior managing partner of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman. He has successfully led the firm through thousands of wrongful death and personal injury cases stemming from major pharmaceutical drug catastrophes and commercial transportation mass disasters. He began his career more than 25 years ago, primarily handling airline accidents and other commercial transportation disasters as well as some pharmaceutical product liability litigation. While he oversees all aspects of managing the firm, Michael currently heads the firm's pharmaceutical litigation department and focuses on drug product liability mass tort and class action litigation as well as whistleblower qui-tam actions. Michael has served on numerous trial teams and plaintiffs' steering committees in mass tort litigation involving pharmaceutical product liability cases as well as major airline crashes.

Bar Admissions:

California, 1985

U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1986

U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1989

U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1989

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1990

U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1991

U.S. Supreme Court, 1991

District of Columbia, 1993

U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1993

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1996

U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1996

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1997

U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 2009

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2009

 

Education:

          University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982) 

          University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 1985)


Honors and Awards:

AV® 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated through Martindale Hubbell

Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Who's Who in America

Who's Who in American Law

Who's Who in the World

Aviation Counsel Magazine's List of Recommended High Flyers

National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award, 2002

Southern California Super Lawyer, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships:

State Bar of California
 

The District of Columbia Bar

Bar Association of the District of Columbia

Consumer Attorneys of California

American Association for Justice: Qui Tam Litigation Group; Actos Litigation Group;
Section on Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts (STEP)

Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 817, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989

Advocate, Public Citizen's Civil Justice Project

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

Supporter, Public Citizen's Civil Justice Project

Government Testimony:

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

Representative Cases:

In re Air Crash at Charlotte, N.C. on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1052 (Dist. South Carolina 1995)

In re Air Crash at Charlotte, N.C. on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1056 (Dist. South Carolina 1996)

In re Air Crash at Charlotte, N.C. on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1060 (Dist. South Carolina 1996)

In re Air Crash at Charlotte, N.C. on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1071 (Dist. South Carolina 1995)

Ex parte Knight Ridder, Inc., 982 F.Supp. 1080 (Dist. South Carolina 1997)

In re Air Crash at Charlotte, N.C. on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1084 (Dist. South Carolina 1997)

In re Air Crash at Charlotte, N.C. on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1086 (Dist. South Carolina 1997)

In re Air Crash at Charlotte, N.C. on July 2, 1994, 982 F.Supp. 1092 (Dist. South Carolina 1997)

Smith v. Cutter Biological, 770 So. 2d 392 (La. App. 4th Cir. 2000)

Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 403 F. 3d 631 (9th Cir. 2005)

Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 40 Cal.4th 623, 151 P.3d 1151 (2007)

Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 54 Cal.Rptr.3d 735 (2007)

Grisham v. Philip Morris USA, 482 F. 3d 1131 (9th Cir. 2007)

Collins v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 2008 WL 744070 (Pa. Ct.Com.Pl. 2008)

Representative Clients:

Plaintiffs Counsel, Adventure Airlines Crash, Grand Canyon, AZ, 1992

Plaintiffs Counsel, Amtrak Train Crash, Camden, South Carolina, 1991

Plaintiffs Counsel, Amtrak/Conrail Train Crash, Chase, Maryland, 1987

Plaintiffs Counsel, Arrow Air Crash, Gander, Newfoundland, 1985

Plaintiffs Counsel, Cessna 210 Air Crash, Manassas, Virginia, 1990

Plaintiffs Counsel, CommutAir (USAir) Airlines Crash, Saranac Lake, NY

Plaintiffs Counsel, Continental Express Crash, Durango, Colorado, 1988

Plaintiffs Counsel, Dalkon-Shield Litigation, 1984

Plaintiffs Counsel, Delta Airlines Crash, Dallas, Texas, 1988

Plaintiffs Counsel, Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire, San Juan, PR, 1986

Plaintiffs Counsel, Grand Canyon Airlines Crash, Phoenix, AZ, 1989

Plaintiffs Counsel, Hawaii Helicopters Crash, Maui, 1992

Plaintiffs Counsel, L-Tryptophan Drug Litigation, 1990

Plaintiffs Counsel, Northwest Airlines Crash, Detroit, 1987

Plaintiffs Counsel, Northwest Airlines Crash, Detroit, 1990

Plaintiffs Counsel, Prozac Drug Litigation, 1990

Plaintiffs Counsel, Scenic Air Tours Airline Crash, Hawaii, 1989

Plaintiffs Counsel, Tropic Air Crash, Belize, 1991

Plaintiffs Counsel, United Airlines Crash, Colorado Springs, CO, 1991

Plaintiffs Counsel, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989

Plaintiffs Counsel, USAir Airlines Crash, Flushing, New York, 1992

Plaintiffs Counsel, USAir/Skywest Airlines Crash, Los Angeles, 1991