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About Jake Shooster
Jake M. Shooster is a dedicated litigator who advocates for individuals and families in cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, products liability, and premises liability. Since joining the firm, he has been actively involved in all stages of litigation, including case investigation, discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation.
Before focusing on plaintiffs' personal injury and medical malpractice litigation, Shooster practiced at a prominent plaintiffs' firm concentrating on securities and shareholder disputes, gaining valuable experience in complex litigation that informs his strategic and detail-oriented approach.
During law school at Fordham University, he represented low-income workers in disputes with the IRS and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance through Fordham's Federal Tax Litigation Clinic and externed in the Public Corruption Bureau of the Queens County District Attorney's Office.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf
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A 565-foot crawler crane toppled across a Tribeca street in 2016, killing a young mathematician; the case settled for $272.5 million.
After a Westchester jury found Metro-North 71% at fault for the 2015 Valhalla grade-crossing disaster, a settlement exceeding $182 million resolved the claims of roughly 30 victims and their families.
A Manhattan jury awarded $85 million to a writer and former New York Times columnist who was severely injured by a double-decker sightseeing bus while lawfully crossing the street.
On September 28, 2017, a Manhattan jury awarded Morgan Wang $71 million against Neil Sexton, the driver who fell asleep at the wheel on state Route 79 in August 2012 on the way to Cornell University. Wang, a passenger, suffered a fractured back and a spinal cord injury. The award was $5 million for past pain and suffering, $6 million for future pain and suffering and $60 million for future medical care.
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