Current Cases
- 3M
- Proton Pump Inhibitor
- Tylenol and Acetaminophen (APAP Autism)
- Hair Straightener/Relaxer
- Hair Care Products – Injury
- Depo-Provera
Jennifer M. Hoekstra
Partner
Jennifer M. Hoekstra is a partner with Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLC. She earned her earned Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science from Columbia College, Columbia University in the City of New York. She relocated to Louisiana to attend Tulane Law School, where she earned her J.D. while also completing a certificate in Environmental Law.
Jennifer has been involved in complex litigation cases of all forms since 2007. Her passion and expertise lies in Electronically Stored Information and coordinating discovery across multiple defendant litigations. She has earned a solid reputation and plays an integral role multiple complex litigation cases, practicing in the areas of Pharmaceutical Mass Torts, Defective Device Mass Torts, and other complex litigation.
Ms. Hoekstra is currently on the Plaintiffs Executive Committee for the MDL 3060 Hair Relaxer and MDL 2789 Proton-Pump Inhibitors Products Liability Litigations. Additionally, Jennifer is a passionate litigator and has been central to the successful outcome in dozens of MDL bellwether trials over the course of her career with more than $11 Billion in trial verdicts to her credit. Most recently in 2021 and 2022, she served as trial counsel and/or as an integral member of the trial team in all of the sixteen 3M Earplug trials securing more than $300 Million in compensatory damages for military veterans.
Areas of Practice
- Defective Drugs
- Defective Medical Devices
- Mass tort litigation
- Orthopedic related law and science
Education
- Columbia College, Columbia University, 2001, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science
- Tulane Law School, 2007, Juris Doctorate
Bar Admissions
- All Louisiana Federal and State Courts
- United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice (Co-Chair of Metal on Metal Hip Litigation)
- Former President of the First Circuit Trial
- Lawyers Association
- Escambia-Santa Rosa County Bar Association
Awards & Recognitions
- A “Top-Rated Class Action & Mass Torts Attorney” by Super Lawyers® 2016-2019


