About Jay Wechsler

Jay Wechsler is a Partner at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP, a litigation-focused attorney dedicated to representing injured parties in personal injury, Labor Law, medical malpractice, and tort cases.

Wechsler earned his Juris Doctor from Tulane Law School in 2001 and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1998. He is admitted to the New York State Bar (2002), the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern (2007), Southern (2007), Northern (2008), and Western (2008) Districts of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2008).

With over 22 years of experience, Wechsler has been recognized on the New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. His notable settlements include $4.75 million in a construction accident involving electrical shock and a ladder fall.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP

These results are credited to Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$10.7 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2008 · #16

A Queens County jury awarded $10.7 million to Candida Diego after finding that New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens failed to timely perform a CT scan on a woman who arrived with a skull fracture, allowing a brain herniation to progress until she lapsed into a coma.

Queens County Supreme Court, New York · 2008Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$4.25 millionVerdict

A teenager vacationing in Hawaii developed steroid-induced paralysis after her lupus was treated with high-dose IV pulse therapy; Philip Russotti obtained a $4.25 million retrial verdict after the original $6.15 million award was vacated on appeal.

Circuit Court, First Circuit, Honolulu, Hawaii · 2013Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of Virginia
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York, admitted 2002
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, admitted 2007
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, admitted 2007
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, admitted 2008
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, admitted 2008
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, admitted 2008
New York State Bar Association
New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars

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$43.1 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Brake Mechanic's Lung Cancer From Menthol and Asbestos
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$265 million · The Amtrak 188 Derailment and the $265 Million Fund for Its Victims
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$34 million · Jury Awards $34 Million After Prempro Hormone Therapy Causes Breast Cancer and Double Mastectomy

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