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Personal Injury Law Experts

Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico has a team of dedicated personal injury law experts who are here to help you with anything you need. Our team of personal injury attorneys has extensive experience practicing and understanding auto collision law, wrongful death law, workers’ compensation law, medical malpractice law, nursing home abuse and neglect law, as well as general personal injury law. Choosing a team to handle your injury or death case is a critical decision that can drastically impact your recovery, especially if the injuries are serious. Our team at Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico is experienced in handling personal injury claims and our track record speaks for itself.

Case Victories

Here are a few of the recent recoveries the attorneys at Baird Mandalas Brockstedt Federico & Cardea were able to recover for our clients:

  • $123 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN A CLASS ACTION CASE INVOLVING PEDIATRIC SEX ABUSE
  • $13 MILLION VERDICT IN A NURSING HOME ABUSE CASE
  • $5 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN A NURSING HOME ABUSE CASE
  • $2.25 MILLION SETTLEMENT INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE/TRUCKING COLLISION CASE
  • $1.8 MILLION WRONGFUL DEATH SETTLEMENT AGAINST A GROUP HOME
  • $1.1 MILLION SETTLEMENT IN A RAILING COLLAPSE CASE
  • $800,000 IN A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CASE
  • $600,000 SETTLEMENT IN A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE
  • $450,000 SETTLEMENT IN A NURSING HOME ABUSE CASE

Injury Practice Areas

The personal injury and wrongful death cases that BMBF take on include:

  • ANIMAL & DOG BITES
  • AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS
  • AVIATION COLLISIONS
  • BICYCLE COLLISIONS
  • BOATING COLLISIONS
  • BRAIN INJURIES
  • BURN INJURIES
  • CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS
  • DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
  • MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
  • MOTORCYCLE COLLISIONS
  • NURSING HOME NEGLECT OR ABUSE
  • POOL ACCIDENTS
  • PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS
  • PREMISES LIABILITY
  • SLIPS AND FALLS
  • SPINAL CORD INJURIES
  • TRUCKING COLLISIONS
  • WORKER’S COMPENSATION
  • WRONGFUL DEATH

Practicing Attorneys

Chase T. Brockstedt

Partner

Chase Brockstedt is the lead partner in the firm’s injury litigation department. He has dedicated his career to representing individuals who have been injured through no fault of their own and are seeking fair compensation. Chase has substantial experience in navigating the complicated world of insurance to ensure that his client’s medical bills and lost wages are paid on time and to recover damages for pain, suffering and permanent injuries.

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Philip C. Federico

Partner

Phil Federico specializes in mass tort/class action lawsuits and environmental law. He has been involved in historic and groundbreaking litigation with verdicts and settlements totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Phil also has extensive experience in personal injury, sexual abuse and misconduct, and healthcare.

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A. Wray Fitch, IV

Partner

Wray Fitch, IV is a partner at BMBF who concentrates his practice on representing individuals injured as a result of medical malpractice. Wray earned his undergraduate degree in psychology in 2006 from Miami University, and his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School in 2011, with high honors.

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Tara Clary

Partner

Tara Clary has over 25 years of litigation experience handling all facets of the most complex medical malpractice matters, from investigation through discovery and trial. She synthesizes the technical, legal, factual and human aspects of all her cases to deliver outstanding results for clients. Tara has extensive trial experience and was recently recognized for obtaining two of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the country.

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Brent Ceryes

Partner

Brent Ceryes is a partner at BMBF and has experience in environmental law personal injury, sexual abuse and misconduct, and healthcare litigation. He served as counsel in the $123 million class action settlement in the Earl Bradley pedophile pediatrician case and in the $190 million class action settlement with The Johns Hopkins Hospital arising out of the conduct of Nikita Levy, M.D., an obstetrician-gynecologist who surreptitiously videotaped his patients during gynecologic examinations. He also has first and second chair jury trial experience representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions.

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Catherine M. Cramer

Attorney

Catherine is an experienced and accomplished litigator with a passion for helping others. Catherine is part of the firm’s Mass Tort & Environmental Litigation team and has assisted clients in class action litigation in obtaining favorable results to improve environmental conditions and health hazards in their communities as well as substantial compensation.

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