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.
Awards and Recognition
New York Law Journal Verdicts and Settlements Hall of Fame
Best Lawyers’ Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year, New York City 2015
Education
Marist College • B.S. 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
Community Service
Inwood Civics “Man of the Year”
Peninsula Kiwanis, Distinguished Past Present
Nassau County Bar Association, We Care Chair
Extracurricular
Married to Mary Ellen Ruane Wilkens, a former NYC physical education and swimming teacher . She is the bedrock for all of the good things that have attended my career. Father of one daughter, Jaclyn. Son of a New York City Firefighter.
