James Wilkens

• Jordan v St. John’s Episcopal Hospital verdict of $96,400,000 was the largest medical malpractice verdict in the United States in the year 2002
• Dockery v Peninsula verdict of $109,000,000 was the largest medical malpractice verdict in the United States in the year 2007
• Nelson v Narwal verdict of $60,000,000 was the largest medical malpractice verdict in the State of New York in the year 2011
• Verdict of $26,000,000 after hospital botched the birth of twins, leaving one dead and the other deaf and mute.
• Albino v Bronx Lebanon Hospital (2003) was the highest medical malpractice verdict recorded for a patient with sickle cell anemia
• There have been 4 additional verdicts of $10,000,000 or more

Education

• B.S. Marist College 1972
  Qualified to sit for the NYS Bar Exam by Study of Law in a Law Office at the offices of Shea and Gould New York, NY

Professional Associations

• Past President, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
  
• American Association for Justice
  
• Brooklyn Bar Association
  
• Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association