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James Cardea

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Partner at Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A.

Baltimore, MD30 years experience

Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death

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About James Cardea

James D. Cardea is a partner at Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A. in Baltimore, Maryland, with over 30 years of litigation and jury trial experience focusing on medical negligence and catastrophic injury. He has secured one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the country and numerous seven-figure verdicts. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (2026) and the International Society of Barristers (2025), and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice since 2011 and as a Maryland Super Lawyers Top 10 attorney (2025-2026).

Proven verdicts and settlements

$1.75 millionVerdict

A Baltimore County jury awarded $1.75 million to the family of Albert 'Tom' Rochfort Jr., a retired science teacher who died days after an emergency physician dismissed his chest pain as a muscle strain instead of ordering the CT scan that would have caught an early aortic dissection.

Baltimore County Circuit Court · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

$970,900Verdict

A Talbot County jury awarded Bruce Clarke $970,900 after his surgeon perforated his stomach during robotic hernia repair and closed without detecting or repairing the injury, leaving Clarke to develop sepsis and chronic, disabling complications.

Circuit Court for Talbot County, MD · 2026Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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Practice areas

Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death

Education

University of Baltimore School of Law

J.D., cum laude, 1995

McDaniel College

Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Maryland

State Bar of District of Columbia

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

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

State Bar of Pennsylvania (special admission)

State Bar of Delaware (special admission)

State Bar of New Jersey (special admission)

American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

Maryland State Bar Association

District of Columbia Bar Association

American Bar Association

American Association for Justice

Bar Association of Baltimore City

Maryland Association for Justice

Prince George's County Bar Association

Heuisler Honor Society

Awards & recognition

American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow (2026)

International Society of Barristers Fellow (2025)

Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice (2011-present)

Maryland Super Lawyers Top 10 (2025-2026)

2025 Leaders In Law Award (Daily Record/Maryland State Bar)

America's Top 100 Medical Malpractice Litigators (2024-2025)

American Jurisprudence Awards: Legal Analysis (1992), Domestic Relations (1994)

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