The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Marine Corps Reserve Association (MCRA), Naval Enlisted Reserve Association (NERA), and Reserve Organization of America (ROA) have entrusted Baird Mandalas Brockstedt & Federico (BMBF Law) to represent veterans and their families seeking legal compensation for their injuries caused by the toxic water at Camp Lejeune.

Camp Lejeune Legal Claims

Anyone who served, lived, or worked at Camp Lejeune between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, may have been exposed to dangerous chemicals linked to serious illnesses and may be eligible for compensation under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.

Join VFW representatives and legal counsel from BMBF and CWCS March 19, 2:00pm ET to discuss Camp Lejeune Groundwater Litigation and live Q/A

The webinar, which will be held live at the VFW Facebook Page, will feature BMBF Partner Phil Federico, attorney Guy Smith of Green Wilson Crow & Smith, Attorney and Veteran Jason Johns, VFW Director of National Veterans Services Michael Figlioli, and VFW General Counsel John Muckelbauer. Panelists will speak to the current state of the litigation, and answer questions on the claims filing process and other issues.

  • As part of our commitment to doing right by those who served our country and their families who supported them, our contingency fee is 25%.
  • We have extensive experience in groundwater contamination mass tort cases and possess deep understanding of the complex scientific/medical issues involved in showing the link between exposure and your resulting impacts on your health.
  • Surviving family members CAN pursue a lawsuit on behalf of their deceased loved one.
  • Your VA Benefits will NOT be reduced or taken away. (va.gov/camplejeune).
  • NO out-of-pocket costs or fees. EVER.
  • Personal and direct attention: When you call you will speak with someone on our team, not a call center.

Health Impacts of Contamination

It is well known and without question that exposure to the toxic chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeune is linked to numerous serious health conditions, including cancer, neurological conditions, and other illnesses.

  • Adult leukemia
  • Bladder cancer
  • Kidney cancer
  • Liver cancer
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Breast cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Female infertility
  • Hepatic steatosis
  • Kidney cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Lung cancer
  • Miscarriage
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes
  • Neurobehavioral effects
  • Renal toxicity
  • Scleroderma
  • Aplastic anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes

Chair of the medical advisory board for BMBF’s Camp Lejeune legal team, Jason Johns speaks with WITN news on the new ATSDR study linking more cancers to Camp Lejeune’s contaminated water

Our Team of Military Professionals is Led by

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Jason E. Johns

Johns Law Office, LLC

JASON E. JOHNS is a Past State Commander for the VFW of Wisconsin and serves on the VFW’s National Legislative Committee. He is an Iraq War veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and was awarded the Combat Action Badge. He is a VA accredited attorney representing veterans with their appeals in front of the Board of Veterans Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Jason’s other leadership roles veterans’ advocacy and service to each other include serving as deputy secretary for the WI Dept. of Veterans Affairs, National Judge Advocate for the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and President of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Attorney Johns has applied his valuable experience to leading our nationwide grassroots efforts to educate, inform, and assist veterans and their families. Since the passage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, Jason, and our team of veteran co-counsel around the country (many of them Marines) have spoken at over fifty VFW and other state conferences and conventions and conducted dozens of community town hall briefings. Building trust and personal relationships with every one of our clients is something our co-counsel strive for every day.

If you wish to speak veteran to veteran, pose any questions, or discuss having Jason or one of our grassroots co-counsel provide a virtual or in-person educational briefing in your community please call him at (608) 209-0805 or email jason@johnslaw.biz

Our Team of Medical Professionals is Led by

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Dr. Craig H. Llewellyn

M.D. M.P.H., MSTMH, FACPM

CRAIG H. LLEWELLYN, M.D. M.P.H., MSTMH, FACPM, Col. Medical Corps, U.S. Army (Ret.) is an epidemiologist with extensive experience in how exposure to contaminants affects the health of our military and veterans. He served for over two decades, including a 16-month Army Special forces combat tour in Vietnam, and has earned numerous commendations and service badges, highest among them being the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest non-combat decoration in the military. Throughout his career, Dr. Llewellyn has engaged in training and education for health care personnel, including 22 years as faculty at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, as a Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, and Surgery.

He has also served as a consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and continues to offer his expertise to other national and international agencies and organizations, including Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) for law enforcement agencies and medical support for military special operations forces. He is a graduate of Yale University Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Our Team

At BMBF Law, we are committed to doing right by veterans and their loved ones, and to that end, our pledge to you is Truth, Transparency, and Accountability.

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Philip C. Federico

PARTNER

Phil Federico is a partner at BMBF Law and leads the Mass Tort / Class Action and Environmental Law practices. Phil has been invited by Ed Bell to work on leadership for this case and selected by the America Association for Justice to help lead a webinar on the specifics of how to navigate Camp Lejeune litigation. Phil has been involved in historic litigation with verdicts and settlements totaling over a billion dollars, including as co-lead counsel in a landmark environmental case against the chicken processing plant, Mountaire.

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Chase T. Brockstedt

PARTNER

Chase Brockstedt is the lead partner of BMBF Law's injury litigation department and has served as leadership in trailblazing environmental cases, including as co-lead counsel in the case against Mountaire to reach a $205 million settlement. In addition to environmental experience, Chase has substantial experience navigating personal injury claims, dealing with complicated health care issues, and winning several multi-million-dollar recoveries in damages for pain, suffering, and permanent injuries.

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Brent Ceryes

Partner

Brent Ceryes is a partner at BMBF Law who focuses on environmental law, personal injury, and healthcare litigation. Brent's experience litigating complex environmental and personal injury cases will enable him to help guide significant decisions in the litigation. He has served as class counsel in the landmark environmental case against Mountaire and as counsel on large class action cases against health care providers, including $123 million and $190 million settlements.

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Matthew P. Legg

Attorney

Matthew P. Legg is a VA accredited attorney at BMBF Law representing clients in a variety of mass tort and class action matters. He has worked in critical roles on behalf of individuals exposed to toxic chemicals from groundwater pollution, including in the $205 settlement for people harmed by chicken processing plant, Mountaire. A rising star in litigation, Matthew has been named a Super Lawyers’ Rising Star for the past two years and to the National Trial Lawyer’s top 40 under 40 list for three years in a row.

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Catherine M. Cramer

Attorney

Catherine M. Cramer is an accomplished litigator at BMBF Law on the Mass Tort and Environmental Litigation team. She has worked on environmental cases with large landmark settlements, including recent work on a team that obtained a $205 million class action settlement for groundwater contamination claims. Catherine was also recently named a Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2022.

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Bruce Poole, Esq

Attorney

Bruce Poole, Esq. of Poole Law Group has been representing clients and trying cases for over 36 years. In civil litigation, Bruce has represented Marines under dire circumstances in several cases and prevailed. These Marines are available to serve as a reference upon request. He has been named by The National Trial Lawyers to the Top 100 Civil Trial Attorneys’ List and, in 2017, received a lifetime achievement membership in America’s Top 100 Attorneys.

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Janet Ward Black

Attorney

Janet Ward Black of Ward Black Law is a member of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee of the Camp Lejeune litigation pending in the federal courts in North Carolina. Black has represented more than 2,000 men and women with diseases caused by environmental hazards in North Carolina federal and state courts. A past president of the NC Bar Association, she has been named in “Best Lawyers in America” by US News & World Report for 18 consecutive years. Her award-winning NC firm has 30 lawyers and staff members. The firm has also served as the Marine Corps “Toys for Tots” kick-off location in North Carolina’s Triad for the last 14 years.

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Anabel Rosa

Attorney

Anabel Rosa has more than 25 years of experience representing injured people and advocating for the Hispanic-Latino community in North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and in her home jurisdiction of Puerto Rico. She has a long record of public service and is a member of Governor Roy Cooper's Hispanic Latino Council, where she currently serves as a parliamentary clerk and heads the Public Safety subcommittee. Coming from a family of service members who served in the Army, Navy and Merchant Marine forces, she is dedicated to using her legal experience to serve veterans.

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John Romano

Attorney

John F. Romano is a civil trial advocate board-certified by the Florida Bar and the NationalBoard of Trial Advocacy. John regularly handles and litigates cases in the following areas: auto and truck accident litigation and trials, premises liability cases, product liability, and mass torts.John lectures across America on trial advocacy and tort and criminal law, has authored three textbooks, and has published more than 100 articles in national publications or papers for national presentation. He was admitted to practice law in the state of Florida in 1974. John also proudly served as a Captain and J.A.G. Officer with the United States Marine Corps (primarily with the Second Marine Division out of Camp LeJeune, North Carolina). He was inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame in 2015.

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Eric Romano

Attorney

Eric Romano is a Board Certified Trial Attorney with Romano Law Group in West Palm Beach, Florida. He received his B.S. degree in Business Management from Florida State University in 1993, where he played football for Coach Bobby Bowden, and he earned his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1997. He began his career in 1997 as a prosecutor with the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office. He has gone to verdict in more than 125 civil and criminal trials. Eric is Past President of the Florida Justice Association, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association and the Melvin M. Belli Society. He concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury/wrongful death, criminal defense, and commercial litigation, and he frequently lectures in the areas of both criminal and civil trial practice.

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Todd Romano

Attorney

Todd Romano, of Romano Law Group, maintains a practice in the areas of Personal Injury/Wrongful Death, Trucking and Bus Litigation, Commercial Motor Vehicle Crashes, Burn/Explosion Injury Litigation, and Product Liability Litigation and Mass Torts. Mr. Romano received his B.A. degree in Sociology from the University of Iowa in May of 1995. He received his J.D. degree from Stetson in May of 1999. Romano served as a JAG office in the USMC at Camp Pendleton, California as a Civil Law Attorney. He was designated to serve as a Trial Counsel (prosecutor) where he prosecuted a wide variety of over 120 criminal cases under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. After honorable discharge in 2003, Mr. Romano returned to Florida and joined Romano Law Group. He is the Best Lawyers® 2023 Product Liability “Lawyer of the Year” award in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Marjorie Levine

Attorney

Marjorie Levine has considerable experience in managing and navigating all phases of complex legal disputes. Prior to joining the firm, she focused her practice on disputes involving a wide range of medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, construction projects, consumer financial services litigation, appellate work, and environmental enforcement and litigation. She graduated from The George Washington University with a degree in Biology and Environmental Studies and then attended Pace University School of Law where she graduated with an Environmental Law Certificate. She is licensed to practice in Florida, New York and New Jersey.

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Scott Crowley

Attorney

Scott Crowley is an attorney that served in the United States Marine Corps as a Judge Advocate from 2011-2015. He was stationed on Camp Lejeune from 2011-2012 and is familiar with the water contamination issues on the base. Scott is currently serving as local counsel in Cincinnati. His territorial span encompasses southwest Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeast Indiana. Scott is dedicated to serving and representing Veterans. After active duty, he served as a prosecutor for the  City of Cincinnati. In that capacity he served as the prosecutor for Veterans Treatment Court in Hamilton County Municipal Court. In 2021, Scott began his private practice. He is with the firm Treleven and Klingensmith. In addition to his law practice, he continues to serve with Veterans Treatment Court as a pro bono/ volunteer attorney in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. Scott also serves as the Hamilton County Recorder, a government office that records and preserves DD-214s for servicemembers and issues Veteran ID cards as proof of military service. In addition, Scott is admitted to practice as an attorney before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. If you are a Veteran that served on Camp Lejeune in the tri-state/ Cincinnati region and think you may have a claim email Scott at Scott@tkcincinnati.com.

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Chad Maloney

Attorney

Chad Maloney is an experienced and accomplished litigator with a passion for helping others.  He joined Goldberg, Goldberg & Maloney in West Chester, PA following a distinguished career as a prosecutor for the United States Marine Corps and the Chester County PA District Attorney’s Office.  Chad now uses his significant trial experience to fight for justice for his clients.  Chad is also a proud Marine and the son of a proud Marine.  He understands that Marines signed up to serve their country at great risk to themselves.  They did not sign up to be poisoned by toxic drinking water.

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David Mills

Military Consultant

David Mills recently retired from the United States Marine Corps at the rank of Colonel. As a company grade officer, his operational assignments were Maintenance Management Officer, 8th Marines; Maintenance Management Officer and Assistant Logistics Officer, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 26th MEU (OPERATIONS NOBLE ANVIL and SHINING HOPE- Albania, OPERATION JOINT GUARDIAN- Kosovo, and OPERATION AVID RESPONSE- Turkey); Logistics Officer and Company Commander, Combat Service Support Group 3 (OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM- Recruiting Assistance Team and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM- Police Advisor Team). His joint duties include Policy Analyst for Security Force Assistance and Irregular Warfare, United States Special Operations Command.

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Guy Smith

Attorney

Guy is an accomplished trial attorney in New Bern, North Carolina where he is a partner at the firm of Greene, Crow & Smith, P.A. Prior to private practice, Guy served in the Marine Corps as a Judge Advocate. His billets included Trial Counsel (prosecutor), Defense Counsel, and Battalion Judge Advocate for 1st Battalion, 5th Marines (1/5). Guy is a Major in the United States Marine Corps Reserve where he is the Reserve Staff Judge Advocate for the Commanding General,  2d Marine Logistics Group. His current duty station is Camp Lejeune, NC. He is passionate about representing fellow service members and their families who were poisoned for nearly four decades aboard Camp Lejeune.

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Tommy Pope

Attorney

Tommy Pope is a managing partner of Elrod Pope Law Firm in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and he has over 30 years of litigation experience.  From 1993-2006, Tommy served as the elected Solicitor for the 16th Circuit of South Carolina (Union & York Counties).  In this time, Tommy was the lead prosecutor in several different high profile murder cases.  He is most often recognized for his 1995 prosecution of Susan Smith in Union County, South Carolina, who made national headlines for the drowning deaths of her two children.

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Charles Herd

Attorney

Charles F. Herd is the grandson and son of veterans of World War I and II. Herd is licensed to practice law in Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky and New York where he has represented injured workers for over 20 years. An Admiral in the Texas Navy Association since 2015, Charles is inspired by his father who served as an Infantry lieutenant in World War II and his brother who retired as Colonel from the US Army after 20+ years in Special Forces to assist individuals who served our country in their fight for justice.

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Brandon Francis

Attorney

Brandon C. Francis is an attorney with the Herd Law Firm and Judge Advocate for his local VFW Post in Texas. He is an Iraq War veteran, was deployed as an Airborne Infantryman in the 82d Airborne Division between 2003 and 2004 and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. Brandon has combined his military experience on the battlefield with his law degree and taken the fight to the courtroom on behalf of his fellow veterans.

How To Seek Justice

If you or someone you know lived or worked at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987 and would like to contact our experienced team of lawyers to help you with a free case evaluation, please complete the form.

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