Maximilian D. Cadmus

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

• Won an Appellate Division victory that revived a hospital's claims for unfair competition and conspiracy against a competitor.

• Successfully quashed an invasive subpoena seeking a company's pricing and sales strategy in connection with an antitrust lawsuit involving large East Coast retailers and developers.

• Won summary dismissal of claims brought by a competitor against an industrial supplier alleging violation of New Jersey's Local Public Contracts Law.

• Represented a New Jersey advocacy organization as amicus curiae before the New Jersey Supreme Court. The court rejected a punitive damages claim against physicians and a hospital for using a power morcellator to treat a patient after the FDA issued a safety communication against its use. The patient passed away from a rare cancer post-hysterectomy. The plaintiffs argued the physician should have suspected cancer and informed the patient of the risks. The trial court denied summary judgment on punitive damages, but the Supreme Court found insufficient evidence of malice or wanton disregard by the doctors or hospital.

• Served as lead trial counsel for a Silicon Valley and Japanese hardware component manufacturer in an international theft of trade secrets claim involving the design of microprocessors and arising in China. The case was settled on a confidential basis prior to trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

• Represented a New Jersey hospital in unfair competition claims against a competing hospital system.

No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

• Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Insurance Law (2021 – 2025), Appellate Practice (2023 – 2025), and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2023 – 2025). This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology is available here.
• Selected to New Jersey Rising Stars for Insurance Coverage (2022 – 2024). This award is conferred by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology is available here.
• Member – New Jersey State Bar Association
• Member – New York State Bar Association
• Member – National Eagle Scout Association
• Member – New Jersey Historical Society

• "Attorneys Today Need to Depose Like There's No Tomorrow," Law360 (March 2022)
• "Lessons from a Socially Distanced Trial," New Jersey Law Journal (December 2021)
• "Pressure Mounts for Federal Legislation Protecting Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits, but Don't Count on It," New Jersey Law Journal (May 2020)

• Baker Donelson Adds 26 Attorneys in Major Expansion of Health Law and Litigation Practices, Grows Geographic Reach into Northeast (April 21, 2025)