<< << There were two injuries primarily in the fen-phen diet drug litigation. /Parent 12 0 R << /Kids [187 0 R 188 0 R 189 0 R 190 0 R 191 0 R 192 0 R 193 0 R 194 0 R 195 0 R 196 0 R] /P 8 0 R /Type /MCR /P 218 0 R /Type /Pages /Lang (EN-US) >> << Here I discussed the situation and legal. /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /K 1 >> << >> 77 0 obj The Flint Water Crisis has devastated the City of Flint for six years, and the negative effects will impact generations to come. /Pg 184 0 R /Pg 184 0 R /O /Layout >> /K 158 0 R >> /K 9 >> A Florida man left paralyzed after a police officer shot him filed a lawsuit against the city, the officer and others, saying, "my life got destroyed." Partner Hunter Shkolnik and Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump represent him and state it is an "injustice" that the officer has been charged with only a misdemeanor. 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The network said Monday they "agreed to part ways." Carlson's final . /Tabs /S /K 15 /S /Footnote >> Because it's true that your generation had more opportunities to do trial work there were simply more trials. /K [3 204 0 R] 219 0 obj >> /K 30 125 0 obj /Pg 192 0 R endobj /Resources 304 0 R endobj endobj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Lang (EN-US) 127 0 obj >> It took a while, but 20 years later I ended up being his partner. 17 0 obj So you take the opportunities where they are. >> 95 0 obj . endobj << /Type /Page /S /P /P 237 0 R /StructParents 10 >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 218 0 R American Association for Justice Leaders Forum /Parent 5 0 R /K [10 238 0 R 239 0 R] /Tabs /S endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj << /Obj 268 0 R /S /P Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Shkolnik surname lived. /K 35 25 0 obj /Pg 196 0 R It smacked of environmental racism at its worst. /Obj 314 0 R /S /P >> endobj Accepting new clients! Other family members and associates include Camille Hunter, Dmitry Shkolnik, Eric Hunter, David Hunterand Paul Shkolnik. << /K [30 224 0 R] endobj /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 183 0 R It's not like you're dealing with a 90-year-old person who's passing away. /A 227 0 R /Tabs /S /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] He works at Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, located in New York, New York, and provides legal services for issues involving Class Action / Mass Torts: Plaintiff and Aviation and Aerospace and Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff to the surrounding community. /K [2 214 0 R] /K [5 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R] >> The Roundup Settlement Class Are Futures Class Actions and Science Panels the Answer? /Resources 281 0 R 3545 /StructParents 18 There were a lot of people who said, There's no way we'll ever give money to the people of Flint. We proved them wrong. 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R 47 0 R 48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R 51 0 R 52 0 R /S /TD 133 0 obj /P 221 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> << << I'm only as good as my name and my word, going into the next case. /Lang (EN-US) /S /Table >> 38 0 obj endobj /P 8 0 R /K 26 endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] American Association of Justice (AAJ) Health Orthopedic Implant Litigation Group, Past Vice-Chairman, Science Committee Director /Pg 182 0 R endobj << /K [161 0 R 162 0 R 163 0 R 164 0 R 165 0 R 166 0 R 167 0 R 168 0 R 169 0 R 171 0 R] /Pg 186 0 R /S /Link At the time it was a very tight community, and I would never have fit in, which was the nice way that people explained the situation to me. >> /StructParents 1 /P 55 0 R >> 229 0 obj << /Pg 183 0 R As of this date, Maria is single. This jury verdict was secured on behalf of our clients Lake and Trumbull Counties (OH) against pharmacy giants CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart. << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 190 0 R >> /Pg 193 0 R City of Rochester takes aim at gun manufacturers, Rochester Beam. 30 0 obj /S /P /Annots [] /S /P /P 8 0 R /Pg 183 0 R >> endobj >> It prompts you to try to put a wall up between yourself and the suffering. >> /P 237 0 R 160 0 obj PBC waits for opioid case to go to trial. endobj /Type /MCR along with Partner Patrick Haines and Associate Brett Bustamante of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC obtained a $24.1 million-dollar verdict in a case. /K [8 228 0 R] There may be a psychological link to me becoming a medical malpractice lawyer after not getting into medical school, he quips. endobj >> endobj >> >> /K 1 To receive a payment Napoli Shkolnik is here to help all children and adults who have not retained a lawyer who wish to make a claim. 70 0 obj /S /P Download vCard. endobj Says, EPA Forced to Face Flint Residents $4.5B Water Crisis Claims, Purdue Pharma family office move to WPB is salt in the wounds, lawyer says, Summit countys opioid lawsuit is going forward despite Purdues Pharma bankruptcy. endobj /S /P /K 3 /S /P /Contents [256 0 R 257 0 R 258 0 R] It went to pregnant women in emergency rooms, whose babies were being born with this addiction in their bloodstreams. /S /P Beginning in 2019, Hunter Shkolnik represented Nassau County in New York State's massive statewide lawsuit to hold accountable the various manufacturers and . 225 0 obj endobj /P 237 0 R >> >> 52 0 obj 164 0 obj /K 20 /S /P 93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R 96 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R /S /P /P 8 0 R << /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] /K 1 31 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /P 3 0 R /P 139 0 R << >> I decided, OK, I'll go to law school.. /K 16 /K 2 endobj << 200 0 obj /P 218 0 R /S /P /S /P >> /P 216 0 R I mean, sometimes they just don't like the case, they don't like the client or what have you. << That was a big win for me. /Endnote /Note ", Hunter Shkolnik represented Nassau County in Ground-Breaking TEVA 2021 Trial. /S /P /K 3 /P 90 0 R /P 8 0 R << /S /P The funds will be used in programs to address the fallout from opioid abuse the defendants marketing of opioids caused. /K 3 << >> The lawyer I worked for, the head of the department, gave me that trial, and let me try case after case after case. /Pg 194 0 R 168 0 obj /Parent 12 0 R /StructTreeRoot 3 0 R D:20180312210627 << /Lang (EN-US) 170 0 obj 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) /Nums [0 [13 0 R 14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R In fact, we'll soon be selecting a jury for the first trial since then, which was scheduled in New York, for the State and two counties, one of which I represent. /Lang (EN-US) /K 23 Plaintiffs Liaison Committee for Personal Injury and Wrongful Death. 360 Lexington Avenue, Eleventh . /Pg 187 0 R /S /P /Rotate 0 42 0 obj /Pg 183 0 R endobj /O /Layout It just cried out for a case. 132 0 R 133 0 R 134 0 R 135 0 R 136 0 R 137 0 R 138 0 R 139 0 R 140 0 R 139 0 R << /K 1 You have more of the 9-to-5 and golf mentality, to some extent. >> /K 202 0 R /P 8 0 R 17 [97 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R null 158 0 R null 159 0 R 160 0 R] /MCID 0 /Pg 185 0 R >> 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. 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Shkolnik Napoli Shkolnik Published Jan 26, 2016 + Follow Water quality fears over lead contamination continue to grow in Flint, Michigan. /Pg 192 0 R /Pg 183 0 R 150 0 obj /StructParents 13 >> 81 0 obj 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. /Pg 183 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << /K 3 /S /P endobj /P 8 0 R 47 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 154 0 obj << >> They didn't have the strength to do more than that, so you'd be there for upwards of six, seven, sometimes 10 days. /S /P /S /P /S /P 80 0 obj 214 0 obj 183 0 obj << 124 0 obj /MCID 0 >> They said, Just give us a call. After Friedman died, there was no reason for me to stay at the firm anymore, so I called them up. endobj /K [4 213 0 R] 43 0 obj Plaintiffs Steering Committee and Lead Counsel; Trial, Expert, Discovery Sub Committees and Co-Lead Trial Team. << 3 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 5 209 0 obj endobj endobj 37 0 obj We just got a partial settlement of $640M from the state, the City of Flint and a couple of other players in the tragedy. << /Lang (EN-US) >> endobj /K 11 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Because I can do a handshake on a billion-dollar deal as easy as a dollar deal. << /Pg 184 0 R We were in the courtroom on March 12 last year, when the world shut down for Covid-19. /Lang (EN-US) 112 0 obj << /Pg 187 0 R 190 0 obj /S /P Mr. Shkolnik was asked to weigh in on a variety of legal issues. /P 8 0 R endobj /P 8 0 R 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 . >> LD: How would you describe your style as a lawyer, in the courtroom? /Annots [286 0 R] endobj >> /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 183 0 R HS: With the opioid cases, were focused on bringing help to whole communities. /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [277 0 R] << /S /P >> 51 0 obj /StructParents 7 New York Super Lawyers: 2006 2022, Documentary,Children of Flint: Flint Water Crisis Victims Speak Out, American Association of Justice (AAJ), PFC Water Contamination Group, Co-Chair /Count 5 /Parent 12 0 R He was in his 40s and was a playboy, just bought toys, race cars, planes, and there was no insurance on the aircraft, which is highly unusual. /K 2 /Pg 196 0 R (Napoli Shkolnik is Counsel to Nassau County.). /S /P << /Pg 194 0 R << 23 0 R 24 0 R 25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R 30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 212 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /K 9 /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 196 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R 35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R 38 0 R 39 0 R 40 0 R 41 0 R 42 0 R << 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. 178 0 obj Mr. Shkolnik and the firms Opioid Trial Team represented Nassau County in that trial. /S /P /S /P 109 0 obj << 237 0 obj /Annots [] uuid:180e58eb-d6bc-4d81-909d-ab15d799ef14 Ultimately, in a short period of time, in months versus years, we got to the table and negotiated a very substantial settlement where the estate of the deceased owner and his trust, the family trust, paid substantial money to a foundation set up in the name of my client's daughter. /S /Link /Type /Page /Contents [306 0 R 307 0 R 308 0 R] /P 74 0 R (833) 508-2353 Message. 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They didn't need the money, it wasn't going to change their lives. /O /Layout >> /Contents [247 0 R 248 0 R 249 0 R] 211 0 obj /S /P /ParentTreeNextKey 30 /Lang (EN-US) /Parent 12 0 R << << /P 8 0 R 141 0 R 139 0 R 142 0 R 32 0 R] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /S /Footnote /Pg 196 0 R /K 27 /P 8 0 R /S /P /Pg 182 0 R /K 14 >> /Type /Page /Type /OBJR /Pg 182 0 R >> << 147 0 obj /Pg 182 0 R /Type /Catalog /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 187 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] LD: Tell me about some of the cases from your career that are particularly memorable for you. /S /P /MCID 0 /Lang (EN-US) How do you think other people see you? /Type /Pages >> /O /Layout 89 0 obj /Rotate 0 I know youve also been heavily involved in the Flint, Mich., water crisis litigation. >> I try to be myself. /P 221 0 R But he died in a plane crash right when I got out of law school. /Contents [278 0 R 279 0 R 280 0 R] 199 0 obj /Pg 185 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> endobj /K [122 0 R 123 0 R 124 0 R 125 0 R 126 0 R 127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 131 0 R] << /P 8 0 R /MCID 0 /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) Through no fault of their own, the residents of Flint will suffer with learning disabilities and have to undergo medical treatments for their physical and emotional ailments. >> >> million loan the rapper made to the production company he owns and couldn't recall who purchased rights to $3 million worth of 50 Cent's songs. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 183 0 R /A 231 0 R 171 0 obj << /P 8 0 R << endobj >> 123 0 obj /Pg 186 0 R >> /Pg 196 0 R endobj << /S /P << /Lang (EN-US) /K [13 0 R 14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R /K 14 << /S /P I was good in the courtroom, I could try any case thrown at me, whether it was at the last minute or I had six months to prepare. << Lawyer Limelights. << /Lang (EN-US) /K 12 >> /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Resources 309 0 R /Pg 196 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K [8 236 0 R] 202 0 obj We were that close. 153 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Type /MCR << << /Length 319 0 R 2018-03-27T17:35:47-04:00 /K 9 >> 44 0 obj 93 0 obj /Rotate 0 *Results May Vary Depending On Your Particular Facts and Legal Circumstances*. /Contents [264 0 R 265 0 R 266 0 R] 220 0 obj endobj /Resources 276 0 R /S /P /K 31 << /S /P HS: Yes. As part of the McKesson settlement, Nassau County was named a member of the National Enforcement Committee, which will oversee negotiations, outreach, and implementation of a potential National Global Settlement. /Pg 184 0 R endobj /Annots [] endobj endobj I want the jury and the court to know that if I get up and say something, not only do I mean it, that I can back up what I'm saying. 208 0 obj /Pg 183 0 R /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 200 0 R >> 121 0 obj /P 8 0 R 126 0 obj /Obj 251 0 R The ruling is the first by a federal judge that assigns a monetary amount against pharmacy chains for their role in the opioid epidemic. endobj 233 0 obj As an esteemed attorney, he leads the discovery and trial teams of various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the firm. << << /K 7 /P 8 0 R /K 1 /Pg 186 0 R /K 7 /P 237 0 R Telephone: (212) 397-1000. /Type /Page endobj $320 Million Opioid Settlement Usually, Im more of a tactician in cases, where I come in and I'm like a machine. 96 0 obj Hunter J. Shkolnik is a top-rated attorney selected to Super Lawyers for 2006, 2008 - 2023. >> The women who got it, died. 20 0 obj << 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). endobj Paul Napoli and Hunter Shkolnik of Napoli Shkolnik, Co-Counsel with Attorney Ben Crump, have announced a Public Records lawsuit against the Hollywood Police Department for the release of a video in the shooting of Mr. Ortiz. >> Long Island Affiliate of the NYSTLA, Past President >> /StructParents 8 /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) endobj /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 194 0 R 222 0 obj Abram I. Bohrer. /Lang (EN-US) 129 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) Best Law Firms in New York, U.S. News & World Report, 2019 (212) 397-1000 Ext.1006 | MHayashi@NapoliLaw.com. endobj This settlement was reached with the three largest drug distributors, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, in the first opioid jury trial. endobj >> endobj endobj endobj New York State Trial Lawyers (NYSTLA), Board of Directors; Past Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, and Treasurer << /S /P uuid:ff49b492-3d41-46c0-aa07-4a925b0ab8fd 2018-03-27T17:35:47-04:00 48 0 obj endobj /K 6 endobj << /P 8 0 R This was a very big win for that family, though, and I developed a camaraderie with the client that I hadnt often had in the courtroom. >> /Producer (Adobe PDF Library 11.0; modified using iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT) /K 3 /Lang (EN-US) /K 32 /K 14 /P 8 0 R /BBox [0 0 511.7099914551 592.2979736328] As a nationally known litigation firm, we have been involved in numerous landmark settlements and verdicts and consistently display a tireless dedication to helping our clients to achieve justice. /K 13 /S /P /Parent 11 0 R endobj 111 0 obj /O /Layout /Pg 190 0 R /Rotate 0 360 Lexington Ave. 11th Floor. /Type /OBJR Maybe we're not curing the world, but if there were 50 Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome babies infants who are suffering withdrawal because their mothers were users delivered in those emergency rooms in that county or the two adjoining counties, we know they were getting special care because of the money that we recovered. /K 2 /Rotate 0 /Pg 183 0 R 18 [102 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S Beitrag von Hunter J. Shkolnik Hunter J. Shkolnik Napoli Shkolnik 1 Woche Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning), Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy, Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American. /K 4 /P 8 0 R << The Napoli Shkolnik legal team is happy we were able to obtain this settlement with the State of Michigan and seek to help not only those people we currently represent but ANY victim of the Flint Water Crisis. I just hit it at the right time. 159 0 obj /Obj 254 0 R /K [5 205 0 R] This was a matter of principle. New York, NY, 10019. /K 25 << >> 53 0 R 54 0 R 55 0 R 56 0 R 57 0 R 58 0 R 59 0 R 60 0 R 61 0 R 62 0 R /K 4 He leads the discovery and trial teams of various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the Napoli /Lang (EN-US) << << There was heart-valve injury, and there was another one called PPH, Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. /Resources 267 0 R /P 8 0 R 145 0 obj 98 0 obj endobj 88 0 R] /S /P endobj >> /P 202 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> endobj endobj /P 218 0 R << Rochester suing gun manufacturers as part of anti-violence efforts , WXXI News. /ParentTree 9 0 R /Pg 189 0 R This landmark settlement was reached on behalf of Cuyahoga County (Ohio), one of the bellwether plaintiffs in the National Opioid Litigation, against four of the key players responsible for the opioid epidemic. >> 186 0 obj endobj /Lang (EN-US) /K [143 0 R 144 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 182 0 R /S /Link >> /S /P /S /P /P 8 0 R /MCID 0 /S /P << Hunter Shkolnik, a partner with Napoli Shkolnik, is a highly sought-after trial attorney who focuses his practice on the trials of significant personal injury cases, primarily in the area of. 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R 115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) << << endobj >> /Pg 196 0 R And it's a huge win for the people of Flint. /K 1 78 0 obj LD: Does your firm have any sort of formal mentoring programs for younger attorneys to help compensate for that? /P 8 0 R endobj /S /P /S /P /K 3 /P 8 0 R Im one of the lead trial attorneys in that case for Nassau and Suffolk counties, and we're trying it alongside the state of New York, against the manufacturers that are not bankrupt, against the big three distributors, and a couple of pharmacies. 187 0 obj 122 0 obj endobj As of this date, Hunter is married. endobj endobj By James Langford << /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) The lifestyle probably would have been better as a defense lawyer. /P 8 0 R /P 89 0 R << endobj 105 0 obj Arkansas Death-Row Executions: Is there a problem with the process? /K 24 endobj /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R HS: With Flint, as soon as it happened, we knew, myself and Paul and Marie Napoli, this was something we had to get into. endobj endobj That, to me, was probably the most impactful. >> /P 221 0 R /P 8 0 R 28 0 obj Endo Pharmaceutical agreed to this settlement to end their involvement in the NY opioid jury trial, where the company was accused of its role in the opioid epidemic. >> /Pg 196 0 R