Case Results

Mr. Shoemaker represented the family of a 41 year old woman who died as a result of a physician's negligence. After a lengthy mediation, he obtained a settlement for the woman's family in the amount of $2.1 million dollars. The unique aspect of this recovery was that it occurred in a state which limited recovery for pain and suffering in medical cases to approximately $900,000, which the defendants readily agreed to pay. The decedent was a housewife and did not have substantial earnings, yet Mr. Shoemaker made use of a nationally renowned economics expert and obtained an additional settlement for economic damages (on which there was no limit) in the amount of approximately $1.2 million dollars for a total recovery of $2.1 million.

A corporate executive was fired after raising concerns about his company’s representations to Wall Street regarding the strength of its financial position and his complaints about significant acts of harassment. The executive was concerned, among other things, that certain of the representations to Wall Street were false and about acts of harassment that he and his co-workers faced. Mr. Shoemaker represented the executive, assembled evidence and submitted a demand to the employer. The case settled for $850,000 without Mr. Shoemaker’s client having to file suit.

Mr. Shoemaker represented a young African-American executive in a race discrimination case. Under his former supervisor, the young man excelled and was named Employee of the Year. After being assigned a new supervisor, things changed. The new supervisor used the most toxic racial epithets when discussing the young manager behind his back and treated him in a disparate and discriminatory manner. The new supervisor eventually fired the young man. Mr. Shoemaker gathered witnesses from across the country (California, Texas and South Carolina) and, serving as sole trial counsel against a multi-lawyer team from a large law firm, tried the case before a jury in United States District Court. The trial lasted for five days. The jury returned a verdict for Mr. Shoemaker's client in the amount of $620,000. Mr. Shoemaker successfully defended against the company's attempts to reduce or dismiss the verdict post-trial.

Two executives claimed that they were retaliated against in violation of the False Claims Act and, more specifically, 31 U.S.C. §3730(h). Mr. Shoemaker obtained a recovery of $350,000 for the executives without having to file suit.

A group of industrial workers retained Mr. Shoemaker to assert claims of unpaid overtime against their employer. This case dealt primarily with the workers not being paid for donning and doffing special equipment at the beginning and end of their shifts. The equipment was critical to the safe and effective performance of their positions. The employer had not been paying them for the time necessary to don and doff the equipment. Mr. Shoemaker obtained a settlement for his clients in the amount of $750,000.00.

Mr. Shoemaker represented an executive in a False Claims Act case who was fired after reporting false claims submitted by his employer under a government contract. Mr. Shoemaker brought claims for a qui tam recovery as well as a claim for wrongful termination under the False Claims Act. As a result of the case, substantial sums were returned to the U.S. Treasury and Mr. Shoemaker's client received a substantial six figure recovery.

In another wage and hour case, Mr. Shoemaker represented a group of employees in a service business who did not receive overtime to which they were entitled. Mr. Shoemaker's clients obtained a recovery in excess of $240,000

Mr. Shoemaker represented a woman who was fired shortly after rebuffing a supervisor's sexual advances. He obtained a total recovery for his client in the amount of approximately $185,000.

Mr. Shoemaker has handled five hostile environment sexual harassment cases that have resulted in six-figure recoveries. He has handled several more that have resulted in recoveries between $50,000 and $100,000.

One of Mr. Shoemaker’s clients was among the eight successful relators in the government’s 2009 False Claims Act recovery against Pfizer in the amount of $2.3 billion. This client received a substantial seven-figure recovery.