Andrew W. Croner
Partner
Andrew W. Croner is a partner at Napoli Shkolnik PLLC and heads the firm’s Environmental department. His practice focuses on representing clients who have been harmed by environmental contaminants, including public and private water suppliers that have been forced to incur remediation and treatment costs due to the presence of such contaminants in their water systems.
He currently represents hundreds of clients in lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF), a fire suppression agent used for decades by the military and civilian airports and fire departments that has contaminated water systems across the country with toxic PFAS chemicals.
- Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
New York
United States District Court for District of Columbia - Education
The George Washington University Law School, J.D., with Honors
Johns Hopkins University, B.S., with Honors - Media Appearances
Lawsuit filed against forever chemical manufacturers, ehextra.com (March 6, 2021)
City of La Crosse takes action on PFAS contamination, WI Proud – A Fox Affiliate (March 5, 2021)
City of La Crosse Files Lawsuit Calling Out 23 companies for PFAS Contamination, Wisconsin Public Radio (March 1, 2021)
City of La Crosse files lawsuit against chemical manufacturers connected to PFAS, WKBT-TV (March 4, 2021)
Tyco Fire Products Settles PFAS Chemical Lawsuit, Lexology (January 19, 2021)
Critical Mass: Foam First, Law.com Special Report Litigation: Editor’s Picks (January 13, 2021)
Firefighting Foam Maker Pays $17.5M In First MDL Settlement, Law360 (January 7, 2021)
Peshtigo Residents Reach $17.5M Settlement Over PFAS Contamination, Spectrum News 1 (January 7, 2021)
Johnson Controls to pay Peshtigo residents $17.5M to settle PFAS Lawsuit, Wisconsin State Journal (January 7, 2021)
Tyco settles class-action lawsuit, ehextra.com/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (January 7, 2021)
Firefighting Foam Maker Pays $17.5M In First MDL Settlement, Law360 (January 7, 2021)
Tyco reaches $17.5M settlement with Town of Peshtigo residents over PFAS, Fox-11 News (January 7, 2021)
Tyco Fire Products settles class action lawsuit with over 270 households in Peshtigo, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (January 7, 2021)
Milestone Class Settlement in Principle Announced of Case in the AFFF MDL Litigation, The Salamanca Press (January 7, 2021)
Tampa Bay Water files ‘forever chemicals’ lawsuit against DuPont, 3M, Tampa Bay Times (May 20, 2020)
- Publications
- Note: A Snake in the Grass: The Constitutionality of Applying Section 798 of the Espionage Act to the Press, 77 Wash. L. Rev. 766–98 (2009).
- Administrative Law Essay: Morrison, Edmond, and the Power of Appointments, 77 Wash. L. Rev. 1002–14 (2009).