Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman has been representing victims of harmful drugs since the late 1980s. The firm started taking on SSRI-antidepressant cases 18 years ago and has been handling these types of cases continually ever since, longer than any other law firm in the country. The firm represented the widow of 1960's rock star Del Shannon and the family of comedian Phil Hartman in their antidepressant related death cases. Against great odds, attorneys at Baum Hedlund have prevailed in representing thousands of people harmed by antidepressants. Baum Hedlund lawyers fight vigorously for the rights of their clients.
The drug product liability lawyers at Baum Hedlund have seen the harm caused by these drugs and the lives destroyed and therefore, have gone above and beyond just lawyering to increase awareness of the drugs' risks. Baum Hedlund lawyers have traveled to Washington, D.C. on numerous occasions, met with members of Congress, the FDA, and Department of Health and Human Services officials. They have assisted Congressional Investigators in their investigations of drug safety issues and FDA failures. Baum Hedlund has testified four times before the government regarding the increased risk of suicidality in children, adolescents and adults of all ages. During our February 2004 testimony before the Food and Drug Administration’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, our attorney stated, "Put [us] out of business for the right reasons — warn about these drugs."
- Alpha Therapeutic: Hemophiliacs infected by HIV contaminated plasma products causing injury and death
- Armour Pharmaceutical Co.: Hemophiliacs infected by HIV contaminated plasma products causing injury and death
- Baxter Health Care Corp: Hemophiliacs infected by HIV contaminated plasma products causing injury and death
- Bayer Corp: Hemophiliacs infected by HIV contaminated plasma products causing injury and death
- Ciba-Geigy: Ritalin injuries
- Dalkon Shield: Birth control device injuries
- Eli Lilly: Prozac birth defects; Prozac suicides and suicide attempts; Fialuridine (FIAU) experimental hepatitis B drug injuries and deaths
- Forest Labs: Lexapro/Celexa birth defects; Lexapro/Celexa suicides and suicide attempts
- GlaxoSmithKline / SmithKline Beecham: Paxil birth defects; Paxil suicides and suicide attempts; Paxil personal injury litigation (MDL-1574); Avandia heart attacks and strokes
- Marion Merrell Dow/Richardson-Merrell: MER/29 (triparanol) birth defects, side effects*
- Merck: Vioxx cases
- Oclassen: Fialuridine (FIAU) experimental hepatitis B drug injuries and deaths
- Pfizer: Zoloft birth defects; Zoloft suicides and suicide attempts
- Schering-Plough: Faulty asthma inhalers
- Sigma Aldrich: Injuries from vaccines containing Thimerosal
- Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Luvox injuries
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Effexor birth defects