James Cardea

Partner

30 yrs experience
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Baltimore, MD

Bar admissions

Maryland
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Pennsylvania (special admission)
Delaware (special admission)
New Jersey (special admission)

Education

J.D., cum laude: University of Baltimore School of Law1995
Undergraduate: McDaniel College

Awards and recognition

01American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow (2026)
02International Society of Barristers Fellow (2025)
03Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice (2011-present)
04Maryland Super Lawyers Top 10 (2025-2026)
052025 Leaders In Law Award (Daily Record/Maryland State Bar)
06America's Top 100 Medical Malpractice Litigators (2024-2025)
07American Jurisprudence Awards: Legal Analysis (1992), Domestic Relations (1994)

Memberships

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

Background

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).

Notable cases

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Baltimore County jury verdict described as one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the country (per topverdict.com)
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Numerous seven-figure verdicts featured in Baltimore Sun and Daily Record

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