Our Team
Cary McDonald is widely recognized as one of the most knowledgeable advertising and marketing professionals in law and mass torts. Through his twenty-five years constant work with the nation’s top litigation firms, he has been leading the charge in identifying dangerous drugs, defective products, and faulty medical devices to pursue. As the founder and CEO of eJustice, his cutting-edge legal marketing firm invested over $100 million into websites and media advertising to find injured claimants for some of the most important mass tort cases in history.
After years of helping consumers find the right legal talent, Cary parlayed this experience and knowledge into forming his own successful mass tort firm, Flood Law Group. While a partner, he spearheaded the marketing for GM Ignition Defect claims, resulting in FLG signing more clients and more wrongful death cases than any other law firm. These days, as the CEO of Banner Legal, Cary continues to generate an impressive mass torts portfolio that includes Round Up, Talcum Powder cancers, birth defects, Mesothelioma, and many other defective product and drug cases, some which FLG has a prominent role in litigating. Through his efforts, he has helped connect tens of thousands of plaintiffs with law firms to receive compensation resulting in billions of dollars in settlements.
Based on longstanding relationships with prominent members of the armed services and recognizing the needs of our nation’s Military Veterans, Cary also launched the Veteran Legal Group, whose sole focus is delivering expert legal care to those that have served. While VLG will always help veterans appeal disability cases to the VA, there are several important litigations underway that directly affect veterans, and Cary is at the forefront of all of them. These include anti-terrorism cases in which our service members have been injured or killed by state sponsors of terror. These cases help the badly injured veterans and the family members of the deceased recover damages directly from Iran. Additionally, VLG is leading the charge in water contamination cases on military bases involving the chemical PFAS, and has hundreds of clients in the 3m Defective Ear Plug litigation.
Cary sits on the board of Americas Warriors Foundation and is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of The Temple of Jerusalem, an honor almost exclusively granted to veterans of the armed services.
Jeremy C. Shafer, Esq. has spent the last 18 years successfully advocating on behalf of clients, from individuals to large institutions, in state and federal courts, in a variety of legal matters and concerns. He has exclusively represented plaintiffs since 2012, when he went into practice for himself as the owner of Monroe Law Group, where he built an inventory of over 1000 cases in various mass torts, including transvaginal mesh, low testosterone treatment, metal hip and Paxil birth defect claims.
In 2015, he became a partner in Banner Legal, where he combined his experience in mass torts litigation with the industry-leading marketing experience of his partner, Cary McDonald, and Mr. McDonald’s team. Since 2015, at Banner Legal, they have been focusing on cases that concern veterans, from helping to expand their practice into VA Benefits, under Veteran Legal Group, as well as represent veterans in several mass torts, including PFAS “forever chemical” claims, anti-terrorism statute claims and defective ear plugs, amongst several others.
He received his undergraduate degree from UCSD, and his JD and MBA from the University of San Diego. He is licensed to practice in Washington, D.C., Texas and California. He is a member of the State Bar of California, Southern District of California Bar, Northern District of California Bar, Eastern District of California Bar, Bar of the D.C. Court of Appeals, United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for D.C Bar, and the State Bar of Texas. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the American Association for Justice.
Mr. Dalimonte has a national reputation for his success pursuing civil actions involving complex products liability, toxic torts and mass torts. He has recovered substantial compensation for thousands of clients nationally against the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Mr. Dalimonte serves as leader for a number of large-scale mass torts and was instrumental in bringing about claims against the medical device industry for the manufacture and sale of IVC filters which, to this day, have no established clinical benefit. Mr. Dalimonte has further represented many client in Asbestos litigation, as well as complex casers involving Vioxx, Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents, Yaz And Yasmin, and DePuy Hip Implants.
Mr. Dalimonte has unique insight to his practice in the field of pharmaceutical and medical devices. Early in his career, as the president of a closely held export company, he was invited by George H. W. Bush and the (then) Soviet Union to participate in a medical products trade mission to Moscow and Kiev. As part of this mission, Mr. Dalimonte represented his company in discussions with American and Soviet officials and with business leaders from around the world. He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees of University of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Mr. Dalimonte presently served on the board of directors for The Bridge Center a charitable organization that provides the opportunity for severely disabled and autistic children to attend therapeutic camp which has recently merged with the Easter Seals
Mr. Dalimonte is a 1989 graduate of the Marquette University Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. While an undergraduate, Mr. Dalimonte studied the British criminal justice system at Oxford University.
Mr. Dalimonte is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Washington D.C., Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the United States Court of Claims. He maintains active membership in the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and the American Association of Justice and the National Trial Lawyers Association.
Aaron Dickey is an experienced and accomplished litigator with a distinguished career spanning over 20 years, specializing in product liability, personal injury, asbestos and mass tort litigation. Throughout his career, he has secured over a billion dollars in settlements and judgments for his clients, demonstrating his commitment to achieving justice and compensation for those who have suffered due to corporate negligence.
Aaron has been actively involved in numerous MDLs, including high-profile cases related to Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Vioxx, and Roundup, among others, and is currently serving on the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee for the Bard Implanted Port Catheter Products Liability Litigation MDL 3081.
In addition to his work in mass torts, Aaron has dedicated a significant portion of his career to securing justice for veterans and their families. Aaron and his partners provide legal assistance to veterans who have been denied benefits or compensation, particularly in cases related to asbestos exposure and pharmaceutical injuries.
Licensed in Illinois and Missouri, and experienced in federal court litigation, Aaron’s legal experience is complemented by his academic background, holding a BA in Political Science, Comparative Literature, and German from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University, with a Certificate in International Law.
James Forbes has been with Banner Legal since 2014, bringing a diverse skill set to bear on various areas such as operations, logistics, business development and longterm strategy. As a licensed private investigator, he has played a key role in the firm’s litigation, by gathering intel, compiling records, locating wayward clients, and utilizing an extensive nation-wide network of investigators for rapid deployment when boots on the ground are needed. He is a graduate of the University of California, with a degree in both Political Science and Rhetoric.
James Flood, Esq. has been helping the victims of defective pharmaceuticals, medical devices and other dangerous products for over twenty years. He is highly experienced in a broad range of complex consumer injury lawsuits, with an emphasis on dangerous drugs, defective products, SSRI birth defects, medical malpractice, toxic exposure, and personal injury. He received his undergraduate degree from George Washington University and went on to receive his law degree from Suffolk University Law School. He is admitted to the state bar of Massachusetts as well as Washington D.C, and is a member the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington D.C. and the American Association for Justice.