Hunter J. Shkolnik
PARTNER
"Our clients always come first. We combine strong trial advocacy with the unparalleled use of technology in order to give our clients the very best representation possible."
Hunter J. Shkolnik is an esteemed and dedicated attorney who focuses on the trials of significant personal injury cases, primarily in the area of drug, automobile, aviation-related, and heavy truck product liability litigation. As an esteemed attorney, he leads the discovery and trial teams of various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the firm.
He is also active in managing national litigation and plaintiff litigation groups including the American Association of Justice’s Actos Litigation Group.
Mr. Shkolnik is currently serving as a chairman, leader, or court-appointed representative on Plaintiff Steering Committees in various drug and other mass torts. Additionally, Mr. Shkolnik has also held officer positions in the New York State Trial Lawyers, Nassau County Bar Association and Committee Chair positions in ATLA Health Care Finance Litigation Group, Orthopedic Implant Litigation Group, AAJ Breast Cancer Litigation Group, Co-Chair AAJ Heart Device Litigation Group, and the Chair of the Medtronic ICD and CRTD Litigation Sub Group.
Hunter is a founding board member and Vice President of the Trial Lawyers of Puerto Rico (TLPR), a trade association bringing together top trial lawyers to share expertise, build partnerships, and to add value to the local Puerto Rico community.
Mr. Shkolnik has also lectured and organized seminars on issues involving Guidant, Medtronic, and St. Jude pacemakers; ICD and lead wire recall science and litigation; cardiac device product liability litigation; class action topics such as Ethics of Mass Tort Settlements, Lone Pine, State Federal Coordination and Preemption; and has — on multiple occasions — lectured on the science related to various pharmaceuticals. He will return as a speaker at Mass Torts Puerto Rico (MTPR) in May 2023.
He is a legal and political news analyst with extensive experience in areas such as civil and criminal law as well as election-related issues.
Other Experience
Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik LLP
Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik & McCartney
EDUCATION
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.
University of Massachusetts, B.A., cum laude
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
New Jersey
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
United States Supreme Court
