/Pg 196 0 R /S /P >> /P 55 0 R /Pg 183 0 R >> Right around that time is when I met my current partner, Paul Napoli. endobj >> However, our work is not done, and we invite all unrepresented Flint Water Victims to reach out to us for assistance in filing a claim for compensation," says Paul J. Napoli. Senior Partner Hunter J. Shkolnik, has been appointed as Co-Liaison Counsel for the Individual Plaintiffs in In Re: Flint Water Cases (5:16-cv-10444). It went to pregnant women in emergency rooms, whose babies were being born with this addiction in their bloodstreams. << << >> >> /Pg 188 0 R /S /P /Pg 193 0 R 10 [64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R] /P 8 0 R /K 2 I've had a lot of them over the years, but I really felt that. << /Pg 190 0 R endobj >> /S /P This case was different, we bonded. /P 8 0 R /Tabs /S /P 8 0 R 43 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) Opioids MDL judge ousts ex-prosecutor from two cases against Endo, Five more counties file lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for opioid epidemic, Calif. Appeals Panel Revives Suits Over Diabetes Drugs, Damages Forfeited In Opioid MDL Bellwethers, Drug Cos. Say, Tyco and 3M Ask for MDL Treatment in Dozens of Firefighting Foam Lawsuits, NJ Justices Centralize Taxotere Hair-Loss Suits, Court Grants Mass Tort Status to Suits Over Breast Cancer Drug Taxotere, Opioid MDL Counties Get Partial Info From McKesson Report, Discovery War Breaks Out in Opioid MDL Bellwethers, Judge wont make the state resume bottled water distribution in Flint, Federal judge denies emergency injunction to bring water PODS back to Flint, Glendale man awarded $24.1 million for 2011 helicopter crash near Valle, DraftKings, FanDuel in Settlement Talks Over Consumer Class Actions, Palm Beach County Sues Drugmakers Over Opioid Crisis, Flint Michigan Water Crisis with Hunter Shkolnik, Flint Water Crisis Lawsuit, Theres Still Time to Join, City of Flint Water Emergency, Flint Town Hall Meeting. >> /Producer (Adobe PDF Library 11.0; modified using iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT) A young woman the same age as my daughter went for a helicopter ride with this older, rich guy who collected vintage planes and helicopters. >> /Lang (EN-US) High Level Litigation against AbbVie/Allergan and 2021 verdict against TEVA for Nassau County, N.Y. Paved the Way. /Pg 193 0 R 213 0 obj 54 0 obj /S /P /K 8 /Type /Page >> /S /P /Tabs /S >> /Pg 182 0 R /Annots [286 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) endobj /K [132 0 R 133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R 136 0 R 137 0 R 138 0 R 139 0 R 142 0 R] endobj >> 139 0 obj We started talking to their corporate counsel and their estate counsel, and I made it clear, early on, that my clients didnt want the money for themselves, but they were not going to give up on this case. endobj << British chipmaker Arm files for an IPO in the U.S. DeSantis board approves suing Disney in response to lawsuit, Explainer-Why First Republic Bank failed and what JPMorgan's deal means. /Pg 183 0 R >> >> 182 0 obj >> With their principal offices in New York City and additional offices in Flint, Detroit, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Washington DC as well as affiliates throughout the United States, Napoli Shkolnik PLLC is readily available to clients. /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 184 0 R /S /TD And then I realized, Let me go try the other side. Someone offered me an opportunity as a plaintiffs' lawyer, and I did well on that side, too. >> endobj /BBox [0 0 511.7099914551 592.2979736328] >> /S /P << 114 0 obj << /Pg 193 0 R endobj /Pg 192 0 R endobj Unfortunately, there are not trials like there were then. /O /Layout Is Purdues $270M Deal Beginning Of End For Opioid Cases? /K 27 You have them take notes, sit in on depositions, go to conferences, until they work their way up. Napoli Shkolnik PLLC. Hunter J. Shkolnik is a top-rated attorney selected to Super Lawyers for 2006, 2008 - 2023. Plaintiffs Steering Committee Member- Co-Lead Trial Team, Strategic Planning, Expert and Discovery Subcommittee, Plaintiffs Steering Committee, New York State Consolidated Bextra/ Celebrex Litigation. /K 7 31 0 obj /S /P << >> /Contents [310 0 R 311 0 R 312 0 R] /K 6 /Pg 185 0 R >> /P 83 0 R << endobj /P 8 0 R >> endobj Since I didnt have much money, I needed to work through law school, and I ended up getting a clerks job at a small plaintiffs' firm in Manhattan, and it all progressed from there. 1 [null null 120 0 R null null null 121 0 R null null 122 0 R /Pg 191 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [251 0 R 252 0 R 253 0 R 254 0 R 255 0 R] 131 0 obj /K [10 238 0 R 239 0 R] /Pg 196 0 R Many of them were in hospice settings. ", The Negotiating Team and Hunter Shkolnik have stated that, "While we do not yet have a firm settlement agreement in place, we have established a framework for resolution and will continue to work collaboratively with the Attorney General working group as well as Allergan, Teva and the mediators in an effort to finalize terms. /P 54 0 R Jeffrey Boatman, et ano. 241 0 obj /Pg 186 0 R 171 0 obj /Pg 190 0 R /P 8 0 R >> /Pg 189 0 R He leads the discovery and trial teams of various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the Napoli 179 0 obj /S /P /S /P /S /P /Pg 196 0 R 5 0 obj 48 0 obj /K [5 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R] << endobj /Lang (EN-US) 360 Lexington Ave. 11th Floor. /Pg 196 0 R /K [15 226 0 R] /S /P endobj He just took me to court every day. 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For her, it was easier because she lived through it with me for decades. /S /P 172 0 obj endobj /Type /OBJR /Pg 196 0 R /P 8 0 R /Pg 189 0 R endobj /Type /Page /P 8 0 R They didnt care about that; they wanted something done right for their daughter, who should never have been lost because of this playboy's stupidity. /Lang (EN-US) We crossed paths and said that one day, we were going to work together. << Congressman Brian Higgins Issues Statement in Support of Buffalo Lawsuit Against Firearm Industry, Higgins House Gov, Buffalo Sues Firearms Makers Over Gun Violence And Deaths, Law360.com. << /K [172 0 R 173 0 R 174 0 R 175 0 R 176 0 R 177 0 R 178 0 R 179 0 R 180 0 R] endobj FIRM At A Glance NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC 360 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor New York, NY 10017 (844) 230-7676 www.napolilaw.com OTHER LOCATIONS Melville, Long Island, New York Los Angeles, California . >> 174 0 obj >> << << /Lang (EN-US) endobj << /K 18 Hewlett-Packard Company /Parent 12 0 R /Bibliography /BibEntry /Lang (EN-US) That was a big win for me. >> /Pg 182 0 R Suffolk County Bar Association /K 1 << /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 >> Nassau County Bar Association, Past Vice-Chairman, Medical-Legal Committee Lawyer Limelight: Hunter Shkolnik By James Langford | May 17, 2021 | Lawyer Limelights Ask Hunter Shkolnik to reflect on his career, and he can cite courtroom victories in cases from a helicopter pilot who lost the use of his legs in a crash to the now-infamous contamination of water supplies in Flint, Mich. endobj It's taken over a year, with a couple of false starts due to ongoing Covid concerns. >> These were not old, ill people. >> There's a lot of protection built into the law for governments. /K 28 /Pg 186 0 R /S /P >> /K 121 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 151 0 obj /Pg 183 0 R endobj NEW YORK, August 01, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opioid manufacturers TEVA and AbbVie have agreed to a structure that will lead to a combined $6 Billion paid directly to state and local governments of communities impacted by the opioid epidemic, a case that was negotiated by Hunter Shkolnik along with fellow members of The National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs Executive Committee Negotiating Team. << LD: Youre really frontline with those cases. /K 0 /K 0 endobj 141 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) /Obj 315 0 R 110 0 obj HS: Yes. American Association of Justice (AAJ) Health Orthopedic Implant Litigation Group, Past Vice-Chairman, Science Committee Director /Resources 304 0 R 20 0 obj >> In each instance, Hunter provided his legal opinions, interpretation of the law & evidence, possible charges and associated sentences. 121 0 obj /S /P << Speaker, Mass Tort Dockets: Updates and Insights, Pharmaceuticals, Speaker, Global Settlements Update in Mass Tort Litigation and Mass Tort Management, Perrin Virtual Mass Tort Litigation Conference (March 2, 2022), Panelist, Opioid Litigation Conference, Perrin Virtual Conferences (September 9, 2021), Presenter, Mass Tort Webinar: Elmiron, CAMG January Webinar Series (January 21, 2021), Panelist, Elmiron Eye Damage Litigation, HarrisMartins Webinar Series (October 28, 2020), Featured Speaker, Achieving Sustainable Law Firm Growth Through Digital Marketing, HarrisMartins Webinar Series (October 1, 2020), Featured Speaker, Masstort: COVID-19 and the Law, Mass Tort News.live (June 30, 2020), Speaker, Whats Happening in the Litigation?, Perrin Conferences: The Opioid Litigation Conference (June 6, 2019), Speaker, How the Uptick in Opioid Litigation is Affecting the Industry: Key Takeaways from the MDLs, American Conference Institute (ACI) 2nd Annual Forum on Controlled Substances (February 5 7, 2019), Speaker, Mass Tort Landscape: Part 2, HarrisMartins MDL Conference: Current Mass Torts from E-Discovery Through Exit Strategies Navigating Game-Changing Dynamics (November 28, 2018)Co, -Chair, HarrisMartins Water Contamination Litigation Conference, 2018, Speaker, Current Motions and Defenses, The JPML Petitions: One MDL or Two? It was a death sentence. /Pg 183 0 R We expect trial to commence on June 8. /S /P /Pg 182 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 191 0 R endobj 111 0 obj endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) >> /Pg 182 0 R << << /P 8 0 R How do you think other people see you? (Napoli Shkolnik is Counsel to Nassau County. /S /P Yeshiva University Benjamin N. 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