Steven Hammer
Attorney | Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A.
Steven Hammer is a medical malpractice, car accidents and product liability trial lawyer and attorney at Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. J.D., Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law (1986).
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316
Steven J. Hammer is a trial attorney with Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he represents people injured by negligence or wrongdoing in medical malpractice, motor vehicle and tobacco cases.
Hammer spent 30 years running his own criminal defense practice, trying cases in state and federal courts in Florida and around the country, before bringing that courtroom experience to civil plaintiff work at the firm. His first trial there produced a $30 million medical malpractice verdict in Broward County. He is one of the firm’s lead trial lawyers in the Engle tobacco litigation in Florida, where his verdicts total more than $200 million.
He holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He earned his law degree from Nova Southeastern University in 1986 and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in 1982, and he is a member of the Broward County Justice Association.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Nova Southeastern University, 1986
- B.A., University of Florida, 1982
Practice Areas
- Broward County Justice Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- $30 Million Verdict: Medical malpractice verdict in his first trial with the firm, one of the largest in Broward County.
- $14,407,617 Result: Car accident case.
- $5 Million Verdict: Soft tissue injury from a motor vehicle accident.
- $4.9 Million Result: Car accident case.
- $2 Million Result: Serious injury case.
- $1.59 Million Result: Car accident case.
- Over $200 Million in Verdicts: Combined verdicts as one of the firm's lead trial attorneys in Engle tobacco litigation in Florida.
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