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Ms. Beavan is a partner with the firm. Before entering the private practice of law, Ms. Beavan was a law clerk to the Honorable Edward B. Davis of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and a law clerk with the United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, in Washington, D.C.. Since entering private practice in 1986, Ms. Beavan's work has focused on pharmaceutical, product liability and professional malpractice defense. She defends her clients against claims of negligence, regulatory non-compliance, fraud, and alleged failures to adequately test, manufacture, design and warn about products and prescription drugs. Ms. Beavan represents manufacturers, hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers and companies in local, federal and multidistrict litigation. Her practice encompasses all phases of the litigation process, including pre-trial, trial and appellate representation.. Ms. Beavan's medical device and pharmaceutical work has focused on the representation of corporations and manufacturers in individual lawsuits, multidistrict suits, and class actions. Her responsibilities have included the defense of suits alleging autoimmune disease, heart damage, cancer, neurological deficits and other personal injuries as a result of exposure to silicone gel-filled breast implants, latex gloves, diet drugs, hormone therapy medications, thimerosal and other products and prescription medications. She has also counseled clients concerning alleged failures to comply with regulatory reporting and submission requirements.. Ms. Beavan's medical malpractice trial work has involved multiple areas of medicine, including cardiology, hematology, neurosurgery, general surgery, internal medicine, infectious diseases, pathology, obstetrics, gynecology, emergency medicine, radiology, neurology, psychiatry and family practice medicine.. As a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), Ms. Beavan taught at the IADC Trial Academy and has been a guest lecturer before epidemiologists and biostatisticians on Daubert and the use of epidemiology in court.

Brent Ceryes is an Associate at Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A.. Mr. Ceryes received his undergraduate degree in math and economics in 2008, and his Juris Doctor in 2011, both from the University of Maryland.. While in law school, Mr. Ceryes worked at Schochor, Federico and Staton as a law clerk. In his time with the firm, Mr. Ceryes has distinguished himself as a valuable part of our team, having played an important role in the firm’s $123 million class action settlement with Beebe Medical Center and the Medical Society of Delaware in the Dr. Earl Bradley pedophile pediatrician case.

Mr. Chrencik is an associate with the firm.  He practices in product liability and medical malpractice defense.  Mr. Chrencik was a summer associate and law clerk with the firm from 2009 to 2010, joining the firm as an associate in 2010.  While in law school, Mr. Chrencik also studied at Erasmus University School of Law in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and interned for the Honorable Alan M. Wilner, former Chief Judge of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.