James Hunt

President, HUNT Group Investigations

James J. Hunt began his law enforcement career in the New York City Police Department in 1982. In 1985, he became a Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent assigned to the New York Division.

Throughout Mr. Hunt’s career with the DEA he held supervisory positions in the Miami Field Division; Special Operations Division and New York Division. Mr. Hunt oversaw multi-jurisdictional investigations leading to the dismantling of major international drug cartels.  

In 2010 Mr. Hunt was selected to lead the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force in the position of Associate Special Agent in Charge, a Senior Executive Service position, overseeing the men and women of the DEA, NYPD and New York State Police.  The New York Drug Enforcement Task Force is the largest and oldest task force still used as a model for drug enforcement task forces worldwide.  

In 2014, Mr. Hunt was promoted to the position of Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, which is DEA’s largest.   In that capacity he had supervisory responsibility for one thousand federal, state and local law enforcement personnel.   An internationally known expert in drug trafficking and criminal syndicates Mr. Hunt has appeared in hundreds of national and international media outlets to include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX, BBC and others. 

Mr. Hunt is the recipient of numerous awards to include the United States Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement and the DEA’s highest award, the Administrator’s Award of Honor.

Mr. Hunt retired from government service in 2019 and founded the Hunt Group.