Jonathan Schochor
VerifiedAbout Jonathan Schochor
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 case results
Jonathan Schochor served as lead attorney for more than 8,000 women who reached a $190 million class-action settlement against Johns Hopkins Hospital after gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy secretly filmed patients during examinations over a 25-year career.
Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A. represented the largest single group of plaintiffs in a $123 million class-action settlement against Beebe Medical Center for institutional failures that allowed pediatrician Earl Bradley to abuse hundreds of children over 15 years.
Levy class action - $190M settlement against Johns Hopkins Hospital
Almaraz case - precedent on HIV disclosure by surgeons in Maryland
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
