About Colleen Ryf

Colleen Ryf is a Trial Attorney at Bernheim Kelley Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers, specializing in complex personal injury cases and litigation strategy. She has been selected for national leadership teams in multiple multidistrict litigations, including talcum powder, Zantac, and Gilead Tenofovir litigations.

Ryf earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, an M.S.W. from Barry University, and her B.S. in Special Education from Florida Atlantic University. While at the University of Maryland, she contributed to the Journal of Health Care and Public Policy.

She is admitted to practice in Maryland, Washington D.C., and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and has been admitted pro hac vice in Massachusetts.

Ryf has been recognized by Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service for successful pro bono work on behalf of teen fathers' rights. She serves on law and briefing committees for talcum powder, Zantac, and Gilead Tenofovir litigations, and is a TDF Narrative Committee member and Zantac Daubert team member.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Bernheim Kelley, LLC

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A Suffolk County jury awarded $200 million in October 2023, the largest wrongful death award in Boston history, against R.J. Reynolds for the lung cancer death of Rita Jones, who first received free Newport cigarettes as a teenager in 1964.

Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Boston jury awarded $21 million to the widow of a Lynn man who died of lung cancer after taking up smoking at 13, when a salesman handed him a free pack of Marlboros, with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirming the verdict in full in 2021.

Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
B.S. Special Education; M.S.W. (Barry University)
Florida Atlantic University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Maryland
State Bar of District of Columbia
State Bar of U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Awards & recognition

MVLS recognition for pro bono work on teen fathers' rights

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$14.1 Million Settlement After College Wrestler Died of Heatstroke During Punishment Practice
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$18 million sought · Family of TDOT Supervisor David Younger Sues for $18 Million Over Fatal I-40 Truck Crash
Bart Durham Injury Law
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$277,966 · Reyadh v. Trulite Glass: $277,966 for a Torn Rotator Cuff After a Low-Damage Truck Crash
Raybin & Weissman Personal Injury Lawyers
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$95,000 Settlement for Nashville Jail Inmate Whose Gold Grill Was Pulled From His Teeth at Booking

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.