Dover, DE

Thomas C. Crumplar

Thomas C. Crumplar, co-founder of Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., is a seasoned personal injury attorney. He graduated from the University of Michigan (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1971) and the University of Virginia School of Law (1975), where he developed the university's patent policy and authored law review articles. After clerking for Federal Judge John T. Copenhaver and a brief stint in corporate law, he co-founded Jacobs & Crumplar in 1981. He is admitted to practice in Delaware and New Jersey. Crumplar is known for securing significant verdicts, including the second highest personal injury verdict in U.S. history for an asbestos case ($75 million in 1988) and the largest award against an individual church in U.S. history for a sexual abuse case (over $30 million in 2010). He has been consistently selected to the Super Lawyers list since 2019. He is an active member of the Delaware Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association, American Association for Justice, and the National Crime Victim Bar Association, and is involved in local community groups.

Benjamin Schwartz

Ben Schwartz is an American jury trial lawyer. He frequently represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. He also represents the accused in criminal cases and represents physicians and other medical treatment providers in licensing and other litigation matters. Ben is the Managing Partner of Schwartz & Schwartz, Attorneys at Law, P.A., a law firm with offices in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. He is licensed to practice in Delaware, Maryland, and D.C. Ben is the Chairman of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, an arm of the Delaware Supreme Court. Ben graduated with his Juris Doctor Magna Cum Laude in 2001 from New York Law School and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1997 from the University of Delaware. He is a 1993 graduate of Dover High School in Dover, Delaware. Ben has been selected by his peers for recognition in publications such as Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers Magazine, and Delaware Today Top Lawyers. Ben meets with clients in the firm’s Wilmington, DE, Dover, DE, Salisbury, MD, and Baltimore, MD offices.

Philip C. Federico

Phil Federico is a partner at Brockstedt Mandalas Federico, leading the Mass Tort / Class Action and Environmental Law practices. He has led historic litigation with verdicts and settlements exceeding one billion dollars, including a $205 million settlement in an environmental case against Mountaire Corporation and a $103 million settlement for air and water emissions from New-Indy Catawba paper mill. He also has extensive experience in personal injury, sexual abuse and misconduct, and healthcare litigation, including a $123 million settlement in the Earl Bradley case and a $190 million class action settlement with The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Shakuntla Bhaya

Shakuntla Bhaya is a partner specializing in personal injury and workers' compensation. She is a past president of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association and has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Mentoring Award from the DSBA and the Honorable Aida Waserstein DSBA Award. She is actively involved in various legal and community organizations, including the Delaware ACLU and Equality Delaware, and was featured in the DSBA Bar Journal as Delaware’s First South Asian Attorney.

Chase T. Brockstedt

Chase Brockstedt is the lead partner of the firm’s Injury Litigation Department and co-chair of its Mass Tort and Class Action Practice. He advocates for injured individuals, with extensive experience in complex injury and environmental cases. His litigation successes include a $13 million jury verdict in a nursing home negligence case and numerous million-dollar recoveries. He served as Co-Lead Counsel in an environmental contamination case against Mountaire Corporation ($205 million settlement) and as Class Counsel in the Bradley/Beebe pediatric sex abuse class action ($123 million settlement).

Aman K. Sharma

Attorney Aman K. Sharma is committed to protecting rights and pursuing justice. He has experience in online copyright infringement litigation and was endorsed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. As a former attorney for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, he gained insight into insurance defense tactics. He clerked for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and has spearheaded police misconduct lawsuits. He is a member of the Richard K. Herrmann Technology Inn of Court, Past Chair of the Delaware State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section, and a member of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a visual artist, stand-up comedian, and formerly served in the U.S. Army as an officer and a public school science teacher with Teach for America. He has traveled to all seven continents and some fifty countries. He has received awards including Rising Star from SuperLawyers Magazine, Avvo Client’s Choice Award, Avvo Top Injury Attorney Award, and National Trial Lawyers recognition.

Catherine M. Cramer

Catherine Cramer is an experienced litigator and partner at BMF, part of the firm’s Mass Tort & Environmental Litigation team. She has assisted clients in class action litigation, including a $65 Million settlement for property damages and personal injuries related to air and groundwater contamination. She also practices civil litigation, personal injury, premises liability, property damage, medical negligence, nursing home abuse & neglect, business contract disputes, employment law, commercial litigation, and Trusts & Estate litigation. She has been lead counsel in over 150 cases and has been first chair in multiple jury trials.