Jonathan Schochor

Founding Partner

54 yrs experience
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Baltimore, MD

Bar admissions

Maryland
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States

Education

J.D.: American University Washington College of Law1971
Undergraduate: Pennsylvania State University1968

Awards and recognition

01Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
02Best Lawyers in America (Medical Malpractice and Mass Tort Litigation)
03Maryland Super Lawyers Top 100
04Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, Baltimore, 2021)
05Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award
06Association of Trial Lawyers of America Top 100

Memberships

Maryland State Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Maryland Association for Justice
American Board of Trial Advocates
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Past President, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association

Background

Jonathan Schochor is the founding partner and chairman of Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A. in Baltimore, Maryland. Practicing since 1971, he concentrates on medical negligence and catastrophic injury cases. He co-founded the firm with Kerry D. Staton in 1984. He led the Levy class action that produced a $190 million settlement against Johns Hopkins Hospital, described as the largest single-perpetrator sexual-abuse settlement in U.S. history, and pioneered Maryland precedent requiring surgeons to disclose HIV-positive status before invasive procedures.

Notable cases

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Levy class action - $190M settlement against Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Almaraz case - precedent on HIV disclosure by surgeons in Maryland

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