Tom Hunker
Board Certified, AV Rated Appellate Attorney
Tom Hunker is a Board Certified, AV Rated appellate attorney with many years of experience at the trial and appellate levels. Tom has successfully briefed and argued numerous appeals in state and federal courts in a broad range of practice areas. Throughout his career, clients and other lawyers and law firms have relied on Tom's knowledge and expertise in formulating litigation strategies and presenting winning arguments.
Prior to founding Hunker Appeals, Tom graduated law school magna cum laude, interned for the Florida House of Representatives, clerked for the Florida Supreme Court, served as in house appellate counsel for a motor vehicle insurance company, and led a successful team of appellate attorneys as a Partner at one of the largest law firms in Florida.
Tom currently serves as a member of the Florida Bar Appellate Practice Certification Committee, a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Claims Defense Network, and as General Counsel for an international manufacturing and production company. Tom focuses his practice on cases involving novel and intellectually challenging issues and employs his unique skill set in developing innovative solutions for his clients.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Insurance Defense
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Privacy Law
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Administrative Law, Government Contracts
- Products Liability
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death
- Employment Law
- Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- FaceTime
- Zoom
- GoToMeeting
- Microsoft Teams
- WebEx
- Free Consultation
- Florida
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- Illinois
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- 7th Circuit
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- 11th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
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- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
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- United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
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- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Hunker Paxton Appeals & Trials
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- Partner
- Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.
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- Partner
- The Hunker Law Group, P.A.
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- Appellate Attorney
- United Automobile Insurance Company
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- Law Clerk/Staff Attorney
- The Florida Supreme Court
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- Legislative Intern
- The Florida House of Representatives
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- Florida State University College of Law
- J.D. | Law
- Honors: Magna cum Laude. Order of the Coif. Dean's List Honors Every Semester. Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award. Graduate Student of the Year Nominee. Book Awards: Florida Supreme Court Decision-making, Comparative Constitutional Law, Seminar on Death and Dying. Ralph Bailey Scholarship. Lloyd Balfour Scholarship.
- Activities: Editor in Chief, Business Law Review. President of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. Student Senator.
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- Florida State University
- B.S. (2002) | Multinational Business Operations
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- Rated AV Preeminent
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Client Champion Silver
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Rising Star
- SuperLawyers
- Rated 10 Superb
- Avvo
- Broward County Bar Association
- Current
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- Florida Bar Association Appellate Practice Certification Committee
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- Understanding Exhaustion of Policy Limits in PIP
- Daily Business Review
- Practice Focus: Decision Changed Legal Game on PIP Benefits
- Daily Business Review
- Practice Focus: PIP Rulings to Have Far Reaching Consequences
- Daily Business Review
- Practice Focus: New Standard of Evidence May Create Opportunities
- Daily Business Review
- Generational Genocide: Coercive Population Control as a Basis for Asylum in the United States
- Journal of Transnational Law & Policy
- When to Defend: Common Coverage Defenses and When to Raise Them, FCDN - Florida Claims Defense Network, Orlando, FL
- FCDN - Florida Claims Defense Network
- FCDN - Florida Claims Defense Network Annual Conference
- Seminar on Medicare Secondary Payer, FIFEC - Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee, Orlando, FL
- FIFEC - Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee
- FIFEC - Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee Annual Conference
- Board Certified in Appellate Practice
- The Florida Bar
- Website
- Hunker Appeals
