Hunter Jay Shkolnik

Hunter J. Shkolnik is a distinguished attorney based in Astoria, New York, with a focus on significant personal injury cases. His practice areas include drug, automobile, heavy truck, and aviation product liability actions. Mr. Shkolnik leads the discovery and trial teams for various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the firm.

In addition to his trial work, Mr. Shkolnik plays a pivotal role in managing national litigation and plaintiff litigation groups. He is actively involved with the American Association of Justice’s Actos Litigation Group. His leadership extends to serving as a chairman, leader, or court-appointed representative on Plaintiff Steering Committees in numerous drug and mass tort cases.

Mr. Shkolnik has held officer positions with the New York State Trial Lawyers and the Nassau County Bar Association. He has also chaired and co-chaired several litigation groups within the ATLA Health Care Finance Litigation Group, Orthopedic Implant Litigation Group, AAJ Breast Cancer Litigation Group, and the AAJ Heart Device Litigation Group. Notably, he serves as Chair of the Medtronic ICD and CRTD Litigation Sub Group.

As an educator, Mr. Shkolnik has lectured and organized seminars on topics such as Guidant, Medtronic, and St. Jude pacemakers, ICD, and Lead Wire recall science and litigation. He has also addressed issues in Cardiac Device product liability litigation, Class Actions, and topics like Ethics of Mass Tort Settlements, Lone Pine, State Federal Coordination, and Preemption.