A Benchmark of Excellence For Nearly Half a Century

Large trucks, such as semi trucks and other commercial vehicles, can destroy lives when they are involved in an accident. At Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC, our attorneys provide aggressive, knowledgeable and supportive representation to clients affected by these tragic accidents in California and throughout the nation.

We represent clients in personal injury lawsuits and truck accident fatality litigation arising from all types of trucking accidents, including:

• Construction zone truck accidents
• Rear-end trucking accidents
• Weather-related truck accidents
• Truck-bus accidents
• Pedestrian accidents involving large trucks
• Other truck accidents

Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC has established its well-deserved reputation as one of the most effective and highly respected personal injury law firms in Los Angeles, and throughout the State of California. The Firm is internationally recognized for its many achievements in trucking accident law and is regularly involved in trucking accident litigation around the country.

Some clients prefer to have their case resolved before trial while others desire to see their case result in a trial.  Regardless of the final outcome, we feel that preparing each case as if it were going to trial has a significant impact on the behavior of the defendants in settlement negotiations and trial.

Collectively, our attorneys, in their careers thus far, have conducted trials in more than 200 cases. For many years the media has turned to Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC attorneys, who have appeared more than 2,500 times on television, radio, and documentaries; and in newspapers, books and magazines including:

• The Wall Street Journal
• USA Today
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Fortune
• Newsweek
• Larry King Live

If you or someone you know needs the skilled legal representation of an experienced truck accident lawyer, call Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC today at 866-435-1668, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange for your free initial consultation

If you or someone you love needs the assistance of an experienced Los Angeles, CA Truck Accident attorney, call Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC today at 866-435-1668, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.


Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC
180 Montgomery Street Ste. 1500
San Francisco, CA 94101
Phone: 866-435-1668
Hours: M-F, 8:00AM-5:00PM



Attorney Michael L. Baum

• Jurisdictions Attorney is Licensed in & Year Admitted: California, 1985, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1986, US District Court, Eastern District of California, 1989, US District Court, Northern District of California, 1989, US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990, US District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1991, US Supreme Court, 1991, District of Columbia, 1993, US District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1993, US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1996, US District Court, Northern District of New York, 1996, US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1997, US District Court, Western District of New York,  2009, US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin,  2009
• Colleges Attended, Degree & Year Graduated: Universityof California, Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982), University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 1985)
• Professional Memberships & Achievements: State Bar of California, The District of Columbia Bar, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Consumer Attorneys of California, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 817, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989, 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

Attorney Paul J. Hedlund

• Jurisdictions Attorney is Licensed in & Year Admitted: California, 1973, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1977, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1991, District of Columbia, 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 1994, U.S. Supreme Court, 1997,US District Court, Western District of New York,  2009
• Colleges Attended, Degree & Year Graduated: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (B.S.M.E., 1968); University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 1973)
• Certifications: Patent Law, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1978
• Professional Memberships & Achievements: State Bar of California; District of Columbia Bar; The Bar Association of the District of Columbia; The American Association for Justice, formerly ATLA, Aviation Law Section, Railroad Law Section; American Bar Association, The Forum on Air and Space Law, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section; Staff Engineer, Southern California Edison, 1968-1970; Moot Court Judge, Pepperdine University School of Law; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL 817, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989; Trial Team Member, 1991-1992, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa: Member, 1989; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-00-1343-CAL, Alaska Airlines Crash, off Point Mugu, California, 2000; Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, September 11, 2001 Tort Litigation; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Chatsworth Metrolink Collision Cases, Chatsworth, California, 2008; Aviation Counsel Magazine's List of Recommended High Flyers, believed by the International Air Transport Association's Legal Dept. to be one of the most elite lists of aviation law practitioners ever produced

Attorney J. Clark Aristel

• Jurisdictions Attorney is Licensed in & Year Admitted: California, 1975; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1975; U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1979; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1993; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 1996; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1997; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2006; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin,  2010New Hampshire
• Colleges Attended, Degree & Year Graduated: Los Angeles Harbor College (A.A., 1968); California State University at Long Beach (B.A., cum laude, 1971); University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California (J.D., 1975); Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law (1973)
• Professional Memberships & Achievements: State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Bar Association; California Farm Bureau Federation; Co-Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel for the Coordinated Discovery Cases, Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 accident, Burbank, California, 2000; Trial Team Member, 2003: Airborne Charter Inc./Avjet, Aspen, Colorado, 2001; Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Glendale Metrolink Derailment Cases, Glendale, California, 2005; Trial Co-Counsel, 2006; 1998 Bell Helicopter crash in Los Angeles, California; Trial Co-Counsel, 2006; 2004 Tyson Foods truck crash near Crestline, Ohio; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Chatsworth Metrolink Collision Cases, Chatsworth, California, 2008

Attorney Ronald L.M. Goldman

• Jurisdictions Attorney is Licensed in & Year Admitted: California, 1963; U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1963; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1970; U.S. Supreme Court, 1971; United Kingdom, Court of Inquiry, 1972 (Investigating crash of British European Airways Trident jet in June 1972, London, England); U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1973; United States Court of Federal Claims, 1974; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1977; District of Columbia, 1979; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1982; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1983; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2006; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2006; US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2006; U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2008; US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2008; US District Court, Western District of New York,  2009; US District Court, Eastern District of New York,  2009; US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin,  2009
• Colleges Attended, Degree & Year Graduated: Universityof Southern California (B.S.L., 1960); University of Southern California (J.D., 1962); Private Pilot License, USA (1980)
•  Professional Memberships & Achievements: District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association, The Forum on Air and Space Law, Litigation Section and Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section; The American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA) Aviation Law Section, Heparin Litigation Group, STEP-Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts Section; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Experimental Aircraft Association; World Jurist Association of the World Peace Through Law Center;  Founding Member, World Association of Law Professors of the World Peace Through Law Center; Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Bar Association; National Board of Trial Advocacy; International Bar Association, Aviation Law Committee; Public Justice; Life Member, Ostriches Anonymous Association (OAA), Promoting Aviation Safety and Risk Awareness; Co-Lead Plaintiffs' Counsel for the Coordinated Discovery Cases, Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 accident, Burbank, California, 2000; Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, September 11, 2001 Tort Litigation; Member, Lead Trial Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-1574, Paxil Products Liability Litigation; Lead Trial Counsel, 2006; 1998 Bell Helicopter crash in Los Angeles, California; Lead Trial Counsel, 2006; 2004 Tyson Foods truck crash near Crestline, Ohio; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-1953, Heparin Products Liability Litigation; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Chatsworth Metrolink Collision Cases, Chatsworth, California, 2008; Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, MDL-1967 In Re: Bisphenol-A (BPA) Polycarbonate Plastic Products Liability Litigation, 2009; Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, MDL-2085, In Re: Air Crash near Clarence Center, New York, on February 12, 2009 (Colgan Air dba Continental Connection)

Significant Cases

The Firm has been involved in the representation of personal injury victims and the survivors of those killed in trucking accidents including:

Our most successful truck accident trial was conducted in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division in Cleveland.  Our firm successfully brought to trial a commercial truck accident case against Tyson Foods, where our clients were awarded $7,028.687 for the loss of their son, a single young adult.  Tyson Foods disagreed with the verdict and asked the court for a new trial or reduction of the verdict as it is one of the largest verdicts for the death of an unmarried person in Ohio state’s history.  In October of 2007 the judge not only denied Tyson's request but based on the evidence and testimony presented by our firm at trial, the judge granted the plaintiffs prejudgment interest, increasing the total amount to be awarded the family.

The following are a sampling of individual case results in which Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC has achieved $1 million or more*:

• $7,028,687.00 Truck Accident
• $6,200,000.00 Bus Accident
• $3,500,000.00 Truck Accident
• $3,000,000.00 Truck Accident
• $2,900,000.00 Truck Accident
• $2,750,000.00 Truck Accident
• $2,666,666.66 Truck Accident
• $2,600,000.00 Truck Accident
• $2,300,000.00 Truck Accident
• $2,250,000.00 Truck Accident
• $2,250,000.00 Truck Accident
• $2,000,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,825,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,800,500.00 Train Accident
• $1,800,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,750,000.00 Bus Accident
• $1,750,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,700,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,624,985.00 Bus Accident
• $1,610,000.00 Bus Accident
• $1,600,000.00 Train Accident
• $1,500,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,500,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,400,000.00 Train Accident
• $1,333,333.33 Truck Accident
• $1,300,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,300,000.00 Truck Accident
• $1,200,000.00 Bus Accident
• $1,200,000.00 Bus Accident
   

*This is an advertisement.  Our past performance, verdicts, settlements, testimonials or endorsements do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of future cases.  Past results obtained or overall performance must be confined to that particular case, its factual and legal circumstances and legal surroundings.  Every case is different and must be judged on its own merits