About Andrew Finkelstein

Andrew G. Finkelstein is the Managing Partner of Jacoby & Meyers. A nationally recognized consumer advocate and trial attorney, he has built a career advocating for injured individuals and holding corporate wrongdoers accountable. He currently serves as the 58th President of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) and is Executive Chairman at Trial School, a nonprofit continuing legal education organization. He is the author of 'I Hope We Never Meet,' which reached number 1 on the New York Times best seller list.

He has taught at Keenan Trial Institute, Trial Lawyers University, Harvard Law School, and Brooklyn Law School, and for 11 consecutive years (2014-2025) has been named one of the nation's top 50 most influential civil plaintiff's trial lawyers by National Trial Lawyers. He led the firm's pro bono efforts as Captain of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund through 'Trial Lawyers Care,' securing over $10 million for victims while waiving all legal fees. He chairs the Plaintiff Personal Injury Steering Committee for the Neurontin Multi-District Litigation (MDL) in Boston and serves as co-lead counsel in opioid litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$34 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2009 · #5

A Philadelphia jury awarded Donna Kendall $6.3 million in compensatory damages and $28 million in punitive damages after finding that Wyeth's Prempro hormone-replacement drug caused her breast cancer and the double mastectomy that followed; the Pennsylvania Superior Court restored the full punitive award in 2012 after the trial judge had cut it to $1 million.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, PA · 2009Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$31 millionVerdict

A Ulster County jury returned a $31 million verdict, the largest car-crash award in the county's history, for Kelly Burley, who developed cauda equina syndrome and permanent wheelchair dependence after a moving truck rear-ended her vehicle on the Mid-Hudson Bridge in 2019.

Ulster County Supreme Court, NY · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Brooklyn Law School
J.D.
Syracuse University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York
State Bar of New Jersey

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.