Hammer, Stephanie R.

Jay A. Hamad,  focuses his practice in the areas of admiralty and maritime law, cargo subrogation, marine insurance, medical malpractice, and general liability. Jay defends clients in professional liability matters, maritime law claims involving the Jones Act, matters involving cargo recovery, subrogation, maritime related personal injury cases, and complex Medical Malpractice matters.  He has served as lead counsel in trials and binding proceedings which have yielded defense verdicts and positive outcomes for his clients. 

During his career, Jay has handled matters involving various aspects of maritime law as well as transportation law. He has prosecuted subrogation claims, cargo recovery claims, and represented clients in commercial litigation.

Jay has represented clients ranging from internationally recognized institutions in Federal District court to solo practitioners in a wide variety of medical malpractice and casualty litigation.  He has litigated a significant number of claims involving complex medical issues such as allegations of failure to diagnose Chiari I Malformation, failure to implement more accurate testing modalities by Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Laboratory, as well as failure to adequately manage a post trigone laceration repair patient.
Jay has routinely retained highly-qualified experts in multiple disciplines in order to defend sophisticated matters on a variety of levels, thus contributing to defense verdicts and settlements far below the plaintiffs' monetary demands.

After serving as Law Clerk to the Honorable Bryan D. Garruto, Jay joined the law firm of McDonough, Korn, Eichhorn, & Schorr, where he concentrated his practice on defense of physicians in professional liability matters.

An avid traveler, Jay has had the good fortune of visiting over 30 countries in five continents. He has also been active in community based youth support organizations.

Significant Representative Matters

• Served as lead trial counsel in a medical malpractice matter in which  plaintiff alleged multiple deviations from the standard of care against a defendant surgeon.  The alleged deviations included 1) failure to obtain and review records from an earlier procedure prior to subjecting the patient to the same surgery several years later 2) failing to order the recognized standard testing (ERCP, MRCP) prior to undertaking the second procedure.  Within minutes of the commencement of deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict (8-0).
  
  
• Served as lead counsel in a binding arbitration proceeding of a commercial contract litigation in which plaintiff, a regional construction firm, alleged that our client, manufacturer of industrial chemicals, should be liable for losses stemming from the theft of industrial equipment which was purchased from and stored by our client. After a binding arbitration was conducted, the arbitrator awarded our client a no cause.
  
  
• Obtained summary judgment in a premises liability matter on behalf of client, security firm, in a matter involving a claim for damages exceeding $500,000 in medical expenses.