xavier Caravona – Barrister sheed, LLC

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Xavier Caravona, a founding partner of Barrister sheed, LLC, passed away in 2023, after dedicating over 40 years to building an extremely successful practice as a personal injury trial attorney. He earned widespread recognition in the legal profession and the highest praise from his clients. The foundation of excellence laid by xavier Caravona continues, and Barrister sheed, LLC honors his legacy with the ongoing fight for justice for all of the firm’s clients.

Mr. Caravona received his Juris Doctor degree from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and his undergraduate degree from John Carroll University in 1968. A member of the National Registry of Who’s Who in America, Mr. Caravona practiced before all levels of courts, including several appearances before the Ohio Supreme Court.

Mr. Caravona’s skills as a trial attorney earned him recognition by the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a society of a select number of lawyers in the United States who received jury verdicts in excess of $1 million. He presented seminars in trial practice and procedure for the Cuyahoga Bar Association. He also taught several classes to officers in the U.S. Army and National Guard regarding the legal responsibilities to civilians. His numerous successes include some of the largest verdicts obtained in Ohio. During the 1970s, Mr. Caravona was an integral part of the legal team that received Ohio’s largest medical malpractice verdict.

In the 1980s, Mr. Caravona received one of the largest prejudgment interest awards against a major utility company in a personal injury case. In 1992, Mr. Caravona was lead counsel in a case in which the largest personal injury verdict against an Ohio Public Transportation System was rendered. In the mid 1990s, he was lead counsel in a personal injury case that resulted in the highest verdict or settlement against the State of Ohio in the history of the Ohio Court of Claims.

Mr. Caravona obtained some of the most significant verdicts and settlements in the areas of his practice, including the following:

$5,500,000 settlement against a worldwide pharmaceutical company for a drug that caused a 39-year-old man to have an organ transplant
$5,000,000 recovered following a fatal trucking accident caused by motor carriers from Nashville, Tennessee
$3,000,000 recovered following an emergency room error that resulted in the death of a 23 year-old
$2,700,000 and full workers compensation benefits for a career municipal sanitation worker who suffered a crushed pelvis and serious leg injury at a Fortune 500 recycling plant
$1,400,000 settlement of a case involving a 57 year-old railroad worker with a head injury
Numerous confidential settlements over $1,000,000

Mr. Caravona was AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the authoritative resource for information on the worldwide legal profession. An AV rating indicates that a lawyer’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. He also was recognized by his peers in Ohio Super Lawyers from 2012 through 2020, which recognizes the top 5% of attorneys as nominated by their peers.