<< endobj << Trial Lawyers of Puerto Rico, Vice President, NSPR Law Services LLC1302 Avenida Ponce de LenSanturce, Puerto Rico 00907(833) 271-4502, NS PR Law Services LLC Copyright 2021 | All Rights Reserved |, Law Firm of the Month: Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, , Attorney at Law Magazine (October 31, 2019), Jeffrey Boatman, et ano. So that's the next big one to go to trial. 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. /P 240 0 R 92 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 182 0 R Because I can do a handshake on a billion-dollar deal as easy as a dollar deal. /Lang (EN-US) endobj Beginning in 2019, Hunter Shkolnik represented Nassau County in New York State's massive statewide lawsuit to hold accountable the various manufacturers and . /Rotate 0 /P 139 0 R /Pg 196 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj null 143 0 R null 144 0 R null 145 0 R 54 0 R] << /P 8 0 R /S /P /Type /OBJR endobj Additionally, Hunter J. Shkolnik's professional opinion on civil and criminal law has been featured on CNN, NBC, 7-News Miami, Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business, WABC-7 Eyewitness News, Law and . /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Pg 190 0 R /Contents [306 0 R 307 0 R 308 0 R] 96 0 obj /K 6 >> << << 155 0 obj << /O /Layout 120 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) >> /K 5 /P 8 0 R >> /Type /MCR << << /S /P endobj endobj << endobj >> Plaintiffs Steering Committee and Lead Counsel, Lecturer and Written extensively in the areas of Auto Product and Drug Product Liability, Florida officer wanted to use Taser but fired, paralyzing man who called for help, police say, As Covered by, Schuyler County to receive $121,000 through opioid epidemic lawsuit settlement, Heroin Needle and Cereal Box Figure in Plaintiffs NY Opioid Trial Opening, New York Law Journal/Law.com (June 30, 2021), Law and Crime Trial Network (September 2, 2020), Bayer to Alter Plan for Handling Future Roundup Cancer Suits, As Reported By, City of Grande Prairie files proposed $10B class-action lawsuit against opioid companies, New Pharmacy Bellwether Trial Set For 2021 in Opioid MDL, Law360 (April 30, 2020), $260 Million Deal Averts First Federal Trial On Opioid Crisis, Drug companies reach $260mln opioid settlement with Ohio counties, averting landmark trial, The Latest: State Lawyers: Were confident of opioid deal, Brutal Double Murder Cops: Teen Practiced Killing Parents Before Shooting Them, Panelist, Hurdles New MDLs are Facing, HarrisMartins MDL Conference: Hair Straightener & Social Media Litigation (January 25, 2023), Panelist, Camp LeJeune The Legislation: The Science, Damages and Defenses, Complex Litigation Symposium (November 11, 2022). << Mr. Shkolnik and the firms Opioid Trial Team represented Nassau County in that trial. >> AWKrcM9"1|{"vLw"$%SRNBT,6Re0Fpjjz\J*?Q&zQ_cj9_ :+7_Zh0@m&8s(:D\OU0;==5B07 mu5~P(A-\$/0T ;mR+k. 107 0 obj But multi-million-dollar ruling gives hope. /MCID 0 << /Pg 191 0 R Usually, Im more of a tactician in cases, where I come in and I'm like a machine. We were on the eve of opening for the first opioid trial in the multi-district litigation up in Cleveland, and that case settled for somewhere in the vicinity of $320M. endobj >> /Pg 188 0 R /Pg 182 0 R | May 17, 2021 | /MCID 0 endobj >> << endobj >> /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R endobj It set the stage for the over $4 Billion settlement, which excludes New York trial cases. >> endobj 22 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 184 0 R << >> /P 218 0 R /Parent 12 0 R << endobj I represented the family, who were quite wealthy. /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R Unfortunately, there are not trials like there were then. /Type /Page /S /P We weren't the only ones looking at it at the time, but we realized this had the hallmarks of not just a disaster, but of a story of greed. /Contents [301 0 R 302 0 R 303 0 R] /P 8 0 R Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images. LD: I love that pursuit of justice for justice's sake. >> 16 0 obj /CropBox [0 0 612 792] Hunter's net worth hovers over $250,000 - $499,999 with a yearly income that's about $250K+. 5.0 15 reviews. >> /Pg 186 0 R /Pg 190 0 R /K 15 /K 21 endobj /Resources 276 0 R Law360s 2020 Editorial Advisory Boards: Trials << >> /Placement /Block Arkansas Death-Row Executions: Is there a problem with the process? endobj We crossed paths and said that one day, we were going to work together. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] . 216 0 obj >> 360 Lexington Ave Floor 11 New York, NY 10017 We are a national law firm set on delivering justice for victims of injuries & wrongs. /Annots [277 0 R] New York, NY, 10019. "This settlement not only brings needed help to communitiesbut importantly it shows that high level litigation is a vehicle to ensure that companies like Teva and AbbVie are held accountable for their actions," he said in a Law.com article. /K [2 214 0 R] /P 8 0 R >> /P 8 0 R 139 0 obj /P 8 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 11 Plan, McKinsey Opioid Deal With NY AG Approved Amid Objections, NY AG Opioid Trial Now Set For June Amid Virus Concerns, McKinsey Seeks New MDL As Opioid Headaches Worsen, Roundup Claimants Slam Frankenstein-ian $2B Bayer Deal, DraftKings to Pay $8 Million to Settle Consolidated Class Claims, NY Opioid Trial Defendants Want New COVID-19 Delay, DraftKings Settles MD For $720K Plus $7M In Site Credit, Judges Blast Atty For Flint Client Solicitation Efforts, Why A Judge Put The Breaks On Flint Attys Opt-Out Mailings, Judge Blocks Improper Communications In Flint Lead Case, NY to Push Back On Efforts To Split Landmark Opioid Trial, Product Liability Cases To Watch in 2021: Opioid Bellwether Trials To Start, Former Purdue Pharma Members Agree to Testify Before House Panel, Another Opioid Bellwether Delayed For COVID-19, Purdue Guilty Plea Cuts Head Off Opioid Serpent, Landmark Flint water crisis settlement grows to $641.2M as it moves to court, Settlement of Flint water crisis lawsuits takes significant step, FDA, DEA Experts Cleared To Testify In NY Ags Opioid Case, CVS, Rite Aid Say Doctors Also Liable For Prescribing Opioids, NY AGs Opioid Epidemic Jury Trial Set For Early 2021, Walmart Opioid Lawsuit a Long Shot to Thwart Federal Enforcement. 73 0 R 74 0 R 75 0 R 76 0 R 77 0 R 78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R 81 0 R 82 0 R >> /Pg 186 0 R /P 157 0 R endobj /K [28 222 0 R 223 0 R] /RoleMap 7 0 R Rachel Shkolnik-Shaffer joined her dads firm in late 2015, and has steadily worked her way up, recently winning appointment to the plaintiffs executive committee in the In Re: Elmiron multidistrict litigation linking vision loss to use of the bladder medication. /Parent 11 0 R /S /P >> << Can you talk about some of the opioid litigation youve been working on? endobj 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. 45 0 obj endobj 103 0 obj endobj << >> endobj /Type /Page It went to pregnant women in emergency rooms, whose babies were being born with this addiction in their bloodstreams. endobj << 146 0 obj endobj >> /S /P /Obj 252 0 R /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) endobj ), $50 Million Settlement: New York Opioid Jury Trial /S /P /Pg 196 0 R << << << /K 22 /Lang (EN-US) I loved working with him and would have stayed with him my whole career. /K 2 endobj /S /P 37 0 obj Fox Business: Opioid Crisis, Johnson & Johnson in Oklahoma, Judge rejects Johnson & Johnson request to end opioid lawsuit, BakerHostetler Fights Indefensible DQ in Opioid MDL, Insys case raises risks for drug industry over opioids, Atty Sanctions Axed In Opioid MDL, Allowing Docs Testimony, Expert witness in opioids MDL: Fixing crisis will cost $483 billion, Local jurisdictions pay the price for nations opioid crisis. 191 0 obj That's something that I've always worked with. << << /P 240 0 R >> >> << 14 [85 0 R 86 0 R 87 0 R 88 0 R null 152 0 R null 153 0 R null 154 0 R They were wage earners, helping make ends meet in their families. << /Pg 185 0 R >> /S /P endobj /Rotate 0 56 0 obj >> /Pg 193 0 R /P 8 0 R << /Rotate 0 He had caused the family some embarrassment over the years, and this was just another example of what can go wrong in these wealthy families when they're handed money down generation after generation and no one cares about working, their life is to play. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << /P 8 0 R 28Y78y;=y FAcO\?Iu[Z?o!&A#Vmi0pdmESs@L~OW(ZQ&Zl!Ay/qPxyk9!L#kA! /Resources 272 0 R << >> /Pg 196 0 R 53 0 obj 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 >> 79 0 obj >> 187 0 obj >> << It's not easy to get money from the state of Michigan or any state, to settle a case like that. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /K [0 145 0 R 16] /P 8 0 R Check out the full LegalCast episode:https://youtu.be/oQFMLuk13IgNapoli Shkolnik Partner Hunter Shkolnik talks with Elisa D'Amico on his life as a personal i. /MCID 0 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. /P 8 0 R 23 0 obj Co-Liaison Counsel & Member of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee. /Pg 194 0 R /S /P << /Pg 186 0 R /K 9 /Type /Page /Filter /FlateDecode Right around that time is when I met my current partner, Paul Napoli. >> /S /P endobj (212) 397-1000 Ext.1006 | MHayashi@NapoliLaw.com. 143 0 obj We could only do the depositions for an hour or two a day. /P 8 0 R /Obj 296 0 R endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S /K 0 /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 187 0 R >> American Association of Justice (AAJ), Past Chairman, Health Breast Cancer Litigation Group >> /P 8 0 R >> >> Ortiz was handcuffed, naked, and on the ground when he was shot in the back and paralyzed by police. endobj >> /S /P /P 8 0 R /S /P << 242 0 obj /Rotate 0 /P 8 0 R /S /P /Type /Page endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj I'd miss a lot of classes, I'd go to classes late. /A 231 0 R << They didn't need the money, it wasn't going to change their lives. /K 2 /P 8 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /Annots [] /Rotate 0 /Type /MCR There was a piece of a settlement, around $15M million, and we wanted to funnel that money immediately to provide some type of real change. << 100 0 obj /Marked true >> << /S /Table /Pg 192 0 R 162 0 obj Nassau County Bar Association, Past Vice-Chairman, Medical-Legal Committee >> /S /P /K 1 >> << /Parent 12 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Rotate 0 >> /Pg 182 0 R /Pg 196 0 R >> /K 1 /K 120 0 R Brown files lawsuit against firearms industry, Audacy. /S /P /S /P >> /Type /OBJR /Parent 12 0 R 210 0 obj 141 0 R 139 0 R 142 0 R 32 0 R] << endobj Is Purdues $270M Deal Beginning Of End For Opioid Cases? 213 0 obj /K [5 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R] endobj << /K [9 170 0 R 11] /K 9 >> 137 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) << Copyright Lawdragon Inc. 2005-2023. /Lang (EN-US) /K 1 >> << endobj 48 0 obj /Pg 183 0 R For the last five years, if I was not working in opioids, I was working in Flint. 9 0 obj Download vCard. /Type /MCR endobj Napoli Shkolnik PLLC. LD: Youre really frontline with those cases. /StructParents 7 uuid:180e58eb-d6bc-4d81-909d-ab15d799ef14 /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 183 0 R /Pg 183 0 R /Obj 314 0 R << /StructTreeRoot 3 0 R /Diagram /Figure /P 8 0 R >> /Type /OBJR /Annots [] /S /LBody They really had no interest in a lawsuit. HWnF}W#YDwy/vj;( P,_aQNjIQ/;`4~lF~=7j&&i{qS)&*dH*A0x|{n6+P\.E(2RmgxFa$,HsQCY*CD3=v00( /Type /Pages << /K 2 212 0 obj I would never tell young law students this now, but he was like, You don't need to go to law school, just come with me to court. I was with him every day. Like any young person, I had this idea of what I wanted to do, which in my case, was to use my law degree in something connectedto the sea or water, so I thought why not admiralty law. /SourceModified (D:20180312210627) 4 0 obj /S /P /S /P endobj You really form a bond with the family, watching someone slowly dying like that. << /P 8 0 R << >> Apr 28, 2023, 2:22 PM PDT. /K 16 /Pg 192 0 R endobj >> /Lang (EN-US) The number one thing for me has been my daughter coming to work with me, says the name partner at New York-based Napoli Shkolnik. 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 /S /P >> /K 19 /S /P /S /Link Other family members and associates include Camille Hunter, Dmitry Shkolnik, Eric Hunter, David Hunterand Paul Shkolnik. /Resources 300 0 R >> Accepting new clients! endobj /StructParents 9 endobj << endobj /Annots [268 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /K [22 241 0 R 242 0 R] /Pg 189 0 R I never had analysis on it, but some people would suggest I should.. >> /Parent 12 0 R /Pg 194 0 R /Creator (Acrobat PDFMaker 11 for Word) 170 0 R 169 0 R 171 0 R 172 0 R 173 0 R 174 0 R 175 0 R 176 0 R 177 0 R 178 0 R /Pg 186 0 R And PPH had no cure. 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. /Length 318 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Tabs /S 119 0 obj << /S /P This was a matter of principle. 15 [89 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R null 155 0 R null 156 0 R 157 0 R] /P 8 0 R << 2018-03-12T17:06:38-04:00 Hunter Shkolnik Case Study. << /K 7 235 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Type /Page /Lang (EN-US) /K 7 /S /LBody /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) /Type /Page 233 0 obj >> /S /P endobj /Pg 184 0 R All rights reserved. << << /K 13 124 0 obj /ITXT (2.1.7) /K 2 (Napoli Shkolnik is Counsel to Nassau County.). /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) >> /S /P << /K 35 /Metadata 4 0 R Hunter J. Shkolnik is a top-rated attorney selected to Super Lawyers for 2006, 2008 - 2023. /Rotate 0 Napoli Shkolnik PLLC is a national litigation firm providing representation to persons in class action lawsuits and complex commercial cases, as well as victims of environmental contamination disasters, aviation accidents, defective prescriptions drugs and medical devices, asbestos-related illnesses, and other serious personal injury matters. /Lang (EN-US) "This is a major step towards obtaining justice for our clients and all the people of Flint, and we invite all unrepresented Flint Water Victims to reach out to us for assistance in filing a claim for compensation," says Mr. Shkolnik. /K 13 << /Pg 196 0 R /K [237 0 R 240 0 R] /K 2 More beds for addicts. /P 83 0 R /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, 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Contamination Litigation Conference, 2018, Speaker, Current Motions and Defenses, The JPML Petitions: One MDL or Two? /P 197 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R 106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R << Plaintiffs Steering Committee and Lead Counsel; Trial, Expert, Discovery Sub Committees and Co-Lead Trial Team. 198 0 obj /Pg 183 0 R << /StructParents 14 endobj endobj $320 Million Opioid Settlement Litigation Counsel of America, FellowMarquis Whos Who, 2018 << /K 23 /Pg 196 0 R /Pg 190 0 R /K 2 In the mass tort area and in our environmental cases, you bring the younger attorneys along at the lowest level in a case, which is what has now happened with my daughter Rachel. /P 8 0 R I try to be myself. /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) We were in the courtroom on March 12 last year, when the world shut down for Covid-19. /Pg 182 0 R HS: That's a hard one, and I'm sure you could get a lot of different opinions. /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj The funds will be used in programs to address the fallout from opioid abuse the defendants marketing of opioids caused. /Pg 194 0 R I stayed with that firm for only a couple of months afterward. /A 201 0 R /S /P /Kids [182 0 R 183 0 R 184 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R] /P 240 0 R 138 0 obj 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. >> >> endobj / State Court Cases, Speaker, Product Liability, Decision 2018: Recent Developments in Tort Law, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA), Speaker, Opioids: Science, Medicine & Litigation, HB Litigation Conferences presents Mass Tort Med School: Emerging medical & litigation issues for plaintiff attorneys (May 9 -11, 2018), Presenter, Incretin drugs including Victoza, Byetta, Januvia and Janumet causing cancer and severe side effects, CAMG Incretin Litigation Webinar (January 29, 2018), Speaker, Opioid MDL Update, HarrisMartins MDL Conference: Onglyza, Opioid & Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler System Litigation 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Selection Considerations for your Actos Inventory.. << endobj /S /P /K 1 I started working for this great trail lawyer, Dick Friedman, and he treated me like a son. /Lang (EN-US) /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] /S /P PBC waits for opioid case to go to trial. << 253 Words; 2 Pages; . endobj /P 237 0 R >> endobj << /Pg 182 0 R (833) 508-2353 Message. 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. 8 [51 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 196 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode endobj /Type /MCR /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) He leads the discovery and trial teams of various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the Napoli /K 16 /Pg 196 0 R >> /P 8 0 R The money went to Cuyahoga County. /MCID 0 /P 202 0 R Hunter Shkolnik represented Nassau County in Ground-Breaking TEVA 2021 Trial. endobj endobj /Pg 196 0 R << 26 0 obj >> /P 8 0 R 24 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) Do you have other opioid cases now, outside of Ohio? 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.