The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Marine Corps Reserve Association (MCRA), Naval Enlisted Reserve Association (NERA), and Reserve Organization of America (ROA) have entrusted Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico (BMBF Law) to represent veterans and their families seeking legal compensation for their injuries caused by the toxic water at Camp Lejeune.
Anyone who served, lived, or worked at Camp Lejeune between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, may have been exposed to dangerous chemicals linked to serious illnesses and may be eligible for compensation under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.
Health Impacts of Contamination
It is well known and without question that exposure to the toxic chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeune is linked to numerous serious health conditions, including cancer, neurological conditions, and other illnesses.
- Adult leukemia,
- Bladder cancer,
- Kidney cancer,
- Liver cancer,
- Multiple myeloma,
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,
- Parkinson’s disease,
- Breast cancer,
- Esophageal cancer,
- Female infertility,
- Hepatic steatosis,
- Kidney cancer,
- Leukemia,
- Lung cancer,
- Miscarriage,
- Myelodysplastic syndromes,
- Neurobehavioral effects,
- Renal toxicity,
- Scleroderma, and
- Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes.
Chair of the medical advisory board for BMBF’s Camp Lejeune legal team, Jason Johns, speaks with WITN news on the new ATSDR study linking more cancers to Camp Lejeune’s contaminated water.
Camp Lejeune Disability Benefit Coverage Area
Our Team of Military Professionals is Led by Jason E. Johns
Jason E. Johns is a Past State Commander for the VFW of Wisconsin and serves on the VFW’s National Legislative Committee. He is an Iraq War veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and was awarded the Combat Action Badge. He is a VA accredited attorney representing veterans with their appeals in front of the Board of Veterans Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Jason’s other leadership roles veterans’ advocacy and service to each other include serving as deputy secretary for the WI Dept. of Veterans Affairs, National Judge Advocate for the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and President of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Attorney Johns has applied his valuable experience to leading our nationwide grassroots efforts to educate, inform, and assist veterans and their families. Since the passage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, Jason, and our team of veteran co-counsel around the country (many of them Marines) have spoken at over fifty VFW and other state conferences and conventions and conducted dozens of community town hall briefings. Building trust and personal relationships with every one of our clients is something our co-counsel strive for every day.
If you wish to speak veteran to veteran, pose any questions, or discuss having Jason or one of our grassroots co-counsel provide a virtual or in-person educational briefing in your community, please call him at (608) 209-0805 or email jason@johnslaw.biz.
Our Team of Medical Professionals is Led by Craig H. Llewellyn
Craig H. Llewellyn, M.D. M.P.H., MSTMH, FACPM, Col. Medical Corps, U.S. Army (Ret.) is an epidemiologist with extensive experience in how exposure to contaminants affects the health of our military and veterans. He served for over two decades, including a 16-month Army Special forces combat tour in Vietnam, and has earned numerous commendations and service badges, highest among them being the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest non-combat decoration in the military. Throughout his career, Dr. Llewellyn has engaged in training and education for health care personnel, including 22 years as faculty at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, as a Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, and Surgery.
He has also served as a consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and continues to offer his expertise to other national and international agencies and organizations, including Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) for law enforcement agencies and medical support for military special operations forces. He is a graduate of Yale University Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
