About Peter Hunt

Peter Hunt is a personal injury attorney at Rubenstein Law, based in West Palm Beach. A Northeast Ohio native, he earned his Bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of Dayton in 2007 and his J.D. from St. Thomas University School of Law in 2013. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar, a distinction earned by fewer than 2% of Florida attorneys. His practice focuses on traumatic brain injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, trucking accidents, premises liability, automobile accidents, and maritime matters including boating incidents, cruise incidents, and Jones Act Seaman claims. He was elected Secretary of the Florida Justice Association (2025-2026) and is on track to serve as FJA President in 2028.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Massachusetts jury returned a $1 billion punitive verdict against Philip Morris in 2022 over the lung cancer death of Barbara Fontaine, a case handled in part by Rubenstein Law attorney Kevin Donovan; the punitive award was later reduced to $56 million, a figure the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld in April 2026.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$20.7 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #16

A Middlesex County jury awarded Joseph Reppucci and his wife $20.7 million after finding that R.J. Reynolds and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. bore responsibility for the oropharyngeal cancer he developed following decades of smoking their cigarettes.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$6 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury awarded $6 million to the widow of Oscar Cabrera, a construction worker killed in February 2017 when a remotely operated Metromover train struck a boom lift near the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. station while he was working on the Brightline terminal project.

Miami-Dade County, Florida · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$4.8 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury returned a $4,877,775 verdict for Juan Del Valle, who slipped on water from a leaking produce refrigeration unit at a Winn-Dixie in Miami Lakes and underwent three spinal surgeries, leaving him with permanent hardware in his spine.

Miami-Dade County, Florida · 2018Slip & FallRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

St. Thomas University School of Law
B.A. Marketing, 2013
University of Dayton
Undergraduate, 2007

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida
The Florida Bar
Palm Beach County Bar Association
Florida Justice Association (Secretary 2025-2026)

Awards & recognition

Board Certified in Civil Trial Law (Florida Bar)
Super Lawyers Rising Star (2017-Present)
Best Lawyers in America (2020-Present)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Motor Vehicle

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Miami firms

Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners
$95 Million Verdict After Drunk Driver Overserved at Miami Bar Killed a Woman and Injured Her Brother
Goldberg & Rosen
Goldberg & Rosen
$1.02 billion · Champlain Towers Collapse: $1.021 Billion for 98 Victims in Under a Year
Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers
Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers
~$24.8 million · $37.5 Million Verdict for Miami Lawyer Who Lost His Tongue to Tobacco Cancer
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
$43 Million Broward Verdict for Couple Left in Comas by Drunk Driver
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
$3 Million Verdict for Handyman Who Lost Use of Dominant Hand After Tripping Over Hidden Wire Mesh

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