Nicole K. H. Maldonado

Nicole Maldonado dedicates her practice to representing consumers, sometimes including entire families, that have been injured or lost their lives because of pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, and products associated with an increased risk of causing cancer. She works mostly in Mass Tort and Multi-District Litigations.

After joining the firm, Nicole started in Baum Hedlund’s SSRI-antidepressant birth defect litigation on the trial team, representing hundreds of clients whose families are affected by antidepressant-related injuries and death involving cardiac, neural tube, cranial, oral clefts, anal atresia, abdominal, and limb defects, as well as developmental delays and autism.

She played a pivotal role in resolving a large group of children’s cases, coordinating with and directing many diverse professionals, such as guardians ad litems, special needs trust attorneys, local probate counsel, annuity specialists, bank trustees, and lien negotiation companies. Nicole spent much of her time ensuring that each individual settlement was structured in the most beneficial way possible for that particular child.

She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida, where she studied Criminology. After graduating college, Nicole married and moved to her husband’s home town, Detroit, where her first child was born.

Shortly thereafter, Nicole studied law at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. She worked as a teaching assistant, lecturing and providing guidance on Contract Law. In her last trimester before graduating law school, Nicole secured a judicial clerkship with the district court. She also taught a criminal justice class at Lansing Community College.