Hunter J. Shkolnik
Partner
Hunter J. Shkolnik is an esteemed and dedicated attorney who focuses on the trials of significant personal injury cases, primarily in the area of drug, automobile, aviation-related, and heavy truck product liability litigation.
He leads the discovery and trial teams of various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the Napoli Shkolnik PLLC law firm. He is also active in managing national litigation and plaintiff litigation groups including the American Association of Justice’s Actos Litigation Group.
He is currently serving as a chairman, leader, or court-appointed representative on Plaintiff Steering Committees in various drug and other mass torts. Additionally, Mr. Shkolnik has also held officer positions in the New York State Trial Lawyers, Nassau County Bar Association and Committee Chair positions in ATLA Health Care Finance Litigation Group, Orthopedic Implant Litigation Group, AAJ Breast Cancer Litigation Group, Co-Chair AAJ Heart Device Litigation Group, and the Chair of the Medtronic ICD and CRTD Litigation Sub Group.
Mr. Shkolnik has also lectured and organized seminars on issues involving Guidant, Medtronic, and St. Jude pacemakers; ICD and lead wire recall science and litigation; cardiac device product liability litigation; class action topics such as Ethics of Mass Tort Settlements, Lone Pine, State Federal Coordination and Preemption; and has — on multiple occasions — lectured on the science related to various pharmaceuticals.
He is a legal and political news analyst with extensive experience in areas such as civil and criminal law as well as election-related issues.
- Bar Admissions
- New York
- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- New Jersey
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey
- United States Supreme Court
- Education
- Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.
- University of Massachusetts, B.A., cum laude
- Awards and Honors
- American Associatin for Justice – Leaders Forum
- The Best Lawyers in America: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
- The Best Lawyers in America: Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
- Marquis Who’s Who®, 2018
- The National Trial Lawyers, Aviation Trial Lawyers – Top 10
- New York Super Lawyers®: 2006 – 2020
- Professional Affiliations
- American Association of Justice (AAJ), PFC Water Contamination Group, Co-Chair
- American Association of Justice (AAJ), The Actos Bladder Cancer Litigation Group, Co-Chair
- American Association of Justice (AAJ), Past Vice-Chairman, Healthcare Finance Litigation Group
- American Association of Justice (AAJ) Health Orthopedic Implant Litigation Group, Past Vice-Chairman, Science Committee Director
- American Association of Justice (AAJ), Past Chairman, Health Breast Cancer Litigation Group
- American Association of Justice (AAJ), Co-Chair, Health Heart Device Litigation Group
- Law360’s 2020 Editorial Advisory Boards: Trials
- Long Island Affiliate of the NYSTLA, Past President
- Nassau County Bar Association, Past Vice-Chairman, Medical Legal Committee
- New York State Trial Lawyers (NYSTLA), Board of Directors; Past Secretary, Assistant Treasurer and Treasurer
- Suffolk County Bar Association
- Speaking Engagements
Presenter, Mass Tort Webinar: Elmiron, CAMG January Webinar Series (January 21, 2021)
Panelist, “Elmiron Eye Damage Litigation”, HarrisMartin’s Webinar Series (October 28, 2020)
Featured Speaker, “Achieving Sustainable Law Firm Growth Through Digital Marketing”, HarrisMartin’s Webinar Series (October 1, 2020)
Featured Speaker, “The Roundup Settlement Class – Are Futures Class Actions and Science Panels the Answer?“, HarrisMartin’s Webinar Series (July 28, 2020)
Featured Speaker, “Masstort: COVID-19 and the Law”, Mass Tort News.live (June 30, 2020)
Speaker, “What’s Happening in the Litigation?”, Perrin Conferences: The Opioid Litigation Conference (June 6, 2019)
Featured Speaker, “Elmiron: Legal Optics and Overview“, CAMG Webinar (May 13, 2020)
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”, HarrisMartin’s MDL Conference: Current Mass Torts from E-Discovery Through Exit Strategies – Navigating “Game-Changing” Dynamics (November 28, 2018)
Co-Chair, HarrisMartin’s Water Contamination Litigation Conference, 2018
Speaker, “Current Motions and Defenses, The JPML Petitions: One MDL or Two? / 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”, HarrisMartin’s MDL Conference: Onglyza, Opioid & Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler System Litigation (January 24, 2018)
Speaker, “Opioids – The Latest Information and Strategies”, Masters of Mass Tort Seminar (January 17-19, 2018)
Faculty Member, “Opioid Crisis: Claims, Damages & Science”, HB Litigation Conferences
Speaker, “Hot Topics in Mass Tort Litigation Seminar”, American Association for Justice Continuing Legal Education
Faculty Member, “Litigating Public Health Epidemics”, Current Issues in Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotech Litigation: American Bar Association Regional CLE
Featured Panelist, “Who are the Governmental Action Plaintiffs and What are the Causation Theories?”, National Opioid Litigation Conference: HarrisMartin Publishing
Faculty Member, “Public Nuisance: No Doubt, But Can We Prove It?”, Prepare to Fight the Opioid Crisis: American Association for Justice Leaders Forum
Co-Chair, “The Impact of Daimler and BMS-Plavix”, HarrisMartin California Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation Conference
Speaker, “Flint Water Crisis: Get in the Know about Lead Poisoning and How It’s Litigated”, Perrin Conferences
Faculty Member, “Hot Topics and Trends in Litigation Seminar”, American Association for Justice
Speaker, “Flint Water Crisis”, HarrisMartin’s MDL Conference: Pharmaceutical and Environmental Mass Tort Litigation
Speaker, “Uber and the Sharing Economy: Law, Ethics and Policy”, Temple University Fox School of Business
Speaker ” Pharmaceutical and Environmental Mass Tort Litigation”, HarrisMartin Conference
Co-Chair, “Fantasy Sports, Volkswagen, Porsche and Pharmaceutical Litigation”, HarrisMartin Conference
Speaker, “Volkswagen Diesel Fuel Emissions Fraud”, HarrisMartin Conference
Speaker, “Mass Tort vs. Class Action: What it is and What it is Not.”, The American Association for Justice (AAJ)
Speaker, “Diabetes Drugs (Actos, Januvia, Byetta” at Mass Tort Med School, A Boot Camp for Plaintiff Attorneys, HB Litigation Conferences
Speaker, “Decisions 2013: Recent Developments in Tort Law”, NYSTLA Seminar Series
Speaker, “Class Certification: Defining or Challenging Class Membership”, Strafford Webinars
Speaker, “HarrisMartin’s Complex Litigation Conference”
Speaker, “Mirena IUD, Tylenol, Granuflo, Byetta & Januvia”, HarrisMartin MDL Conference
Speaker, “Plaintiff Pharmaceutical Litigation Forum 2013”, HB Litigation Conferences
Speaker, Breast Cancer Litigation, ATLA Breast Cancer Litigation Group Educational Seminar
Speaker, “Transvaginal Mesh and Actos Litigation Group”, Harris Martin MDL Conference
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s MDL Conference: Xarelto & Power Morcellators
Speaker, HarrisMartin’s Major Developments in Drug & Device Litigation
HarrisMartin’s MDL and Complex Litigation Seminar
Speaker, 11th Annual Class Action/Mass Tort Symposium presented by the LSBA, “Multi-district Litigation and the Parallel State Court Universe: A Practitioner’s Global Positioning Guide”
Speaker, NYSTLA, “Product Liability Mass Tort & Class Actions: What every lawyer should know and understand”
Speaker, Pharmaceutical Litigation Forum, “Case Theories, Challenges and Case Selection Considerations for your Actos Inventory.”
- Media Appearances
New Opioid Lawsuits Target McKinsey for Its Role as Consultant to Drug Companies, Law.com | New York Law Journal (March 31, 2021)
McKinsey To Pay Nevada $45M To End Opioid Marketing Case, Law360 (March 22, 2021)
After opioid settlement with state, McKinsey socked with new class action lawsuit filed by local Florida government, The Capitolist (March 18, 2021)
Unhappy AGs Have Options In Latest Purdue Ch. 11 Plan, Law360 (March 16, 2020)
McKinsey Opioid Deal With NY AG Approved Amid Objections, Law360 (March 16, 2020)
NY AG Opioid Trial Now Set For June Amid Virus Concerns, Law360 (March 8, 2021)
McKinsey Seeks New MDL As Opioid Headaches Worsen, Law360 (March 8, 2021)
Roundup Claimants Slam ‘Frankenstein-ian’ $2B Bayer Deal, Law360 (March 5, 2021)
DraftKings to Pay $8 Million to Settle Consolidated Class Claims, Bloomberg Law (March 4, 2021)
NY Opioid Trial Defendants Want New COVID-19 Delay, Law360 (March 3, 2021)
DraftKings Settles MD For $720K Plus $7M In Site Credit, Law360 (March 3, 2021)
Judges Blast Atty For Flint Client Solicitation Efforts, Law360 (February 18, 2021)
Why A Judge Put The Breaks On Flint Atty’s Opt-Out Mailings, Law360 Pulse (February 12, 2021)
Judge Blocks ‘Improper’ Communications In Flint Lead Case, Law360 (February 8, 2021)
NY to Push Back On Efforts To Split Landmark Opioid Trial, Law360 (January 7, 2021)
Product Liability Cases To Watch in 2021: Opioid Bellwether Trials To Start, Law360 (January 3, 2021)
Former Purdue Pharma Members Agree to Testify Before House Panel, One America News Network (December 15, 2020)
Another Opioid Bellwether Delayed For COVID-19, Law360 (December 7, 2020)
Purdue Guilty Plea ‘Cuts Head Off” Opioid Serpent, Posted RepublicWorld.com Written By Associated Press Television News (November 26, 2020)
Landmark Flint water crisis settlement grows to $641.2M as it moves to court, The Detroit News (November 18, 2020)
Settlement of Flint water crisis lawsuits takes significant step, Michigan Radio NPR (November 17, 2020)
FDA, DEA Experts Cleared To Testify In NY Ag’s Opioid Case, Law360 (November 13, 2020)
CVS, Rite Aid Say Doctors Also Liable For Prescribing Opioids, Law360 (November 10, 2020)
NY AG’s Opioid Epidemic Jury Trial Set For Early 2021, Law360 (October 28, 2020)
Walmart Opioid Lawsuit a Long Shot to Thwart Federal Enforcement, Bloomberg Law (October 23, 2020)
Where to Send the Elmiron Cases: New Jersey or Pennsylvania?, New Jersey Law Journal (October 15, 2020)
J&J Strikes $5B Del Pushing 3,000 Opioid Suits Toward End, Law360 (October 13, 2020)
Mallinckrodt Files Bankruptcy to Settle Pile of Opioid Suits, Yahoo! Finance (October 12, 2020)
Life Sentence Verdict in Joel Guy, Jr. Murder Trial, Law and Crime Network (October 2, 2020)
Guy, Jr. Stands Accused of Brutal Murders of Parents, Law and Crime Network (October 2, 2020)
Alleged “Kill Book” Outlined Murder Plot and Possible Motive, Law and Crime Network (October 2, 2020)
Murders Took Place During Defendant’s Thanksgiving Visit, Law and Crime Network (October 2, 2020)
Lost Leverage Complicates Opioid Deal Talks for Cities, Counties, BloombergLaw (September 30, 2020)
NJ’s the Place For Eye Damage MDL, Patients Say, Law360 (September 25, 2020)
Pharmacies Lose Bid To Revisit Ruling On their Opioid Duties, Law360 (September 22, 2020)
Ohio Counties Blast Pharmacies’ Review Bid In Opioid MDL, Law360 (September 8, 2020)
NJ Making False 9-1-1 Calls and Police Reports Based On Race A Crime, Fox 5 (September 3, 2020)
Law and Crime Trial Network (September 2, 2020)
- Boyfriend of Breonna Taylor Sues State/City Officials
- NJ Teen Fined for Protest: ACLU New Jersey: Bill Was “Clearly Unconstiutional”
- Transwoman Layleen Polanco Suffers Seizure and Dies While in Solitary Confinement
- Adult Film Star Ron Jeremy Charged, 17 Victims Have Come Forward
- Defendants Allegedly Used “We Build The Wall” Donations for Personal Benefit
Allergan, Teva Accused of Hiding ‘Critical’ Opioid Info, Law360 (September 1, 2020)
Judge Assesses Evidence, Testimony in NY Opioid Pretrial Hearing, LegalReader (August 27, 2020)
Pharmacies Torch ‘Unprecedented’ Ruling On Opioid Duties, Law360 (August 26, 2020)
State of Michigan Proposes $600 Million Settlement For Flint Water Crisis, Newburgh Gazette (August 22, 2020)
State to settle Flint water crisis claims with residents for $600 million, Crain’s Detroit Business (August 20, 2020)
After 18 Months of Wrangling, Michigan Officials Agree to Pay More Than $600M to Settle Flint Water Crisis Litigation, Law.com (August 20, 2020)
New York’s opioid case: No improper prescriptions, no misled docs, big damages, Legal NewsLine (August17, 2020)
Virus Vaccine Rush Leaves Little Recourse for Anyone It Harms, Bloomberg Law (August 14, 2020)
Virus Vaccine Rush Leaves Little Recourse for Anyone It Harms, Stars And Stripes (August 14, 2020)
Virus Vaccine Rush Leaves Little Recourse for Anyone It Harms, mySanAntonio (August 14, 2020)
Ex-FDA Head Says He Didn’t Ask NY Docs About Opioid RX’s, Law360 (August 14, 2020)
Entire Opioid Supply Chain Faces First Test in NewYork Case (1), Bloomberg Law (August 13, 2020)
Pharmacies Can’t Doge Ohio Opioid MDL’s 2021 Bellwether, Law360 (August 6, 2020)
Group to Revise Deal For Future Claims In Monsanto MDL, Law360 (July 8, 2020)
Lawyers Withdraw, Aiming to Revise, $1.1 Billion Class Settlement Over Roundup, Law.com | TheRecorder (July 8, 2020)
Bayer to Alter Plan for Handling Future Roundup Cancer Suits, As Reported By
- Bloomberg (July 8, 2020)
- The Detroit News (July 8, 2020)
Judge ‘Skeptical’ Of Settlement For Future Roundup Claims, Law360 (July 7,2020)
Pharmacies Can’t Slip Opioid Nuisance Claims, Counties Say, Law360 (July 6, 2020)
Pharmacies Want Out of Opioid MDL ‘Public Nuisance’ Suit, Law360 (June 17, 2020)
City of Grande Prairie files proposed $10B class-action lawsuit against opioid companies
- As covered By CBC News Canada (June 3, 2020), Everything Grand Prairie (June 3, 2020), Daily Herald Tribune (June 4, 2020)
2nd Circuit Allows Personal Injury, Property Damage Claims Against Honeywell, Saint-Gobain, Law.com | New York Law Journal (May 18, 2020)
Medical Monitoring Faire Game For PI Claims, 2nd Circ. Says, Law360 (May 18, 2020)
County says Mallinckrodt Shouldn’t Get Separate Opioid Trial, Law360 (April 30, 2020)
New Pharmacy Bellwether Trial Set For 2021 in Opioid MDL, Law360 (April 30, 2020)
Enough Already with Opioid Bellwethers, Pharmacies Say, Law360 (April 28, 2020)
Opioid Funds Should Be Used For Mental Health, Judge Told, Law360 (April 22, 2020)
Opioid MDL Needs New Pharmacy Bellwether, Judge Says, Law360 (April 17, 2020)
Purdue Says Ch. 11 Stay Can’t Be Lifted For NY Opioid Trial, Law360 (April 16,2020)
6th Circ. Limits Opioid Claims Against Pharmacies, Law360 (April 15, 2020)
Some Public Nuisance Claims Cut In NY Opioid Suit, Law360 (April 10,2020)
Pharmacies’ Doctor Claims Dropped From Ohio Opioid MDL, Law360 (April 1, 2020)
Drugmakers Poised to Profit Off of Opioid Settlement Strategy, Bloomberg Law (March 31, 2020)
NY County Fights Mallinckrodt Bid For Separate Opioid Trial, Law360 (March 17, 2020)
NY County Says Meyer Suozzi Betrayed It In Opioid Case, Law360 (March 16, 2020)
New York Court Refuses To Delay March Opioid Trial, Law360 (March 4, 2020)
Mich. Judge Adds Residents To Flint Lead Water Case, Law360 (March 4, 2020)
Opioid Judge Rips Pharmacies ‘Ironic’ Push to Halt Discovery, Law360 (February 26, 2020)
Drugmaker’s Opioid Settlement Offer Gains Ground with States, ClaimsJournal (February 26, 2020)
A $50 Billion Opioid Deal Gets Backing From 7 More States, Bloomberg Law News (February 26, 2020)
37 AGs Assail Plaintiffs’ Atty Fee Bid In Opioid MDL, Law360 (February 24, 2020)
Pharmarcies Must Give Patient Ages in Opioid MDL Discovery, Law360 (February 13, 2020)
Opioid MDL Special Master Sets Data Production Guidelines, Law360 (January 27,2020)
Pharmacies Can’t Escape Public Nuisance in Opioid MDL, Law360 (January 27, 2020)
6th Circ. Is Told Opioid MDL Judge Flouting Court Rules, Law360 (January 17, 2020)
‘Opioid Babies’ Seek Class Cert. In MDL, Law360 (January 7, 2020)
CVS, Walmart Look To Shift Blame To Doctors in Opioid MDL, Law360 (January 7, 2020)
Teva‘s Proposed Opioid Settlement Could Cost Drugmaker Pennies on Dollar, Daily Stock Dish (November 29, 2019)
Deadline Day to Opt Out of Federal Negotiating Class, Public News Service (November 22, 2019)
NEO communities could be getting thousands of lawsuit dollars for drug treatment and prevention programs, Cleveland19 (November 21, 2019)
Hunter discusses the ongoing Opioid Litigations across the country, Hunter Shkolnik on Spectrum News1 (November 7, 2019)
Teva’s drug giveaway might mean the company isn’t giving away much at all, LegalReader.com (November 7, 2019)
Ohio Bellwether Litigation and Upcoming Opioid Trials, InFocus with Mike Kallmeyer on Spectrum 1 News (November 2, 2019)
Groundbreaking Opioid Settlement Reached with Opioid Manufacturer and National Opioid Distributors, TN Town News (October 25, 2019)
Sackler family is slammed for buying a $7.4million mansion near Boca Raton before their company files for BANKRUPTCY amid legal battle over OxyContin manufacturer’s role in opioid crisis, Mail Online (October 25, 2019)
Teva’s proposed settlement could cost drugmaker pennies on the dollar, The Jerusalem Post (October 25, 2019)
EXCLUSIVE: Sackler family company pays $7 million for mansion near Boca Raton, The Palm Beach Post (October 25, 2019)
$260 million opioid settlement to fund treatment in Cuyahoga, Summit counties, ClevelandJewishNews.com (October 25, 2019)
Teva’s Proposed Court Settlement Could Cost It Just Pennies on the Dollar, Haaretz.com (October 25, 2019)
Ohio opioid settlement could set precedent for California cases, KCBX FM Radio (October 24, 2019)
Teva’s proposed opioid settlement could cost drugmaker pennies on the dollar, CNBC (October 24, 2019)
Reckitt inks $700M deal to clear states’ probes into Suboxone marketing, Fiercepharma.com (October 24, 2019)
Teva’s proposed opioid settlement could cost drugmaker pennies on the dollar, Reuters (October 23, 2019)
Health Highlights: October 22, 2019, US News & World Report (October 22, 2019)
$260m deal saves four firms from historic US trial, Dawn.com (Reuters) (October 22, 2019)
$260 Million Deal Averts First Federal Trial Over Opioids, Physician’s Weekly (October 22, 2019)
Opioid settlement reached in Ohio, The Journal Gazette (October 22, 2019)
What we are watching in the U.S. …, Castlegar News (October 22, 2019)
Napoli Shkolnik PLLC and Team Obtain Landmark Opioid Settlement in Federal Opioid Litigation, Olean Times Herald (October 22, 2019)
Four Drug Companies Reach Last-Minute Settlement in Opioid Litigation, The Wall Street Journal (October 21, 2019)
CBS-5 / Associated Press (October 21, 2019) and The Delaware Times / Associated Press (October 21, 2019)
- $260 Million Deal Averts First Federal Trial On Opioid Crisis
Opioid settlement could bode well for Palm Beach County suit, CBS12 (October 21, 2019)
Cuyahoga and Summit counties reach tentative deal with four drug companies in opioid epidemic case, ABC5 Cleveland (October 21, 2019)
Four drug companies reach $260 million settlement to avoid first federal opioid trial in Cleveland, Cleveland.com (October 21, 2019)
Cuyahoga, Summit counties get hundreds of millions of dollars, but opioid litigation far from over, Cleveland.com (October 21, 2019)
State AGs Reach $48B Proposed Deal To End Opioid Cases, Law360 (October 21, 2019)
$48B Opioid Deal Outcry May Presage Plaintiff Infighting, Law360 (October 21, 2019)
Drug Companies reach $260M opioid settlement with Ohio counties, Calgary Sun (October 21, 2019)
Drug Companies Reach $215 Million Settlement in US Opioid Case, Voice of America (October 21, 2019)
As reported by Thomson Reuters Foundation News (October 21, 2019) and StreetInsider.com (October 21, 2019)
- Drug companies reach $260mln opioid settlement with Ohio counties, averting landmark trial
Companies reach $260 million deal to settle opioids lawsuit, 13 WTHR (NBC Affiliate) (October 21, 2019)
As reported The State (October 21, 2019) and Brown County Democrat (October 21, 2019)
- The Latest: State Lawyers: We’re confident of opioid deal
US opioid epidemic: drug companies reach $260m settlement, The Irish Times (October 21, 2019)
Opioid trial canceled after drug companies reach $260M settlement; case against Walgreens delayed, Orlando Sentinel (October 21, 2019)
Opioid settlement: Will deal bring money to Hamilton County? Not yet, Cincinnati Enquirer (Part of the USA TODAY NETWORK) (October 21, 2019)
Opioid settlement: What to know about Teva Pharmaceutical Industires, Cincinnati.com (Part of the USA TODAY NETWORK) (October 21, 2019)
News in :90 – Octo. 21, 2019, TommieMedia (October 21, 2019)
Opioid Trial in Opioid MDL Will Go Forward, 6th Circ. Says, Law360 (October 10, 2019)
EPA Forced to Face Flint Residents’ $4.5B Water Crisis Claims, Law360 (October 1, 2019)
Purdue Pharma family office move to WPB is ‘salt in the wounds,’ lawyer says, The Palm Beach Post (September 18, 2019)
Summit county’s opioid lawsuit is going forward despite Purdue’s Pharma bankruptcy, ParkRecord.com (September 17, 2019)
Ohio AG Dave Yost tries to halt opioid trial scheduled for October 21., Legal Reader (September 12, 2019)
Opioid Update: Ohio Asks Sixth Circuit for Mandamus while U.S. Chamber Says Muni Suits by Plaintiffs’ Firms Could Upend Civil Litigation, The National Law Review (September 12, 2019)
PBC waits for opioid case to go to trial. But multi-million-dollar ruling gives hope., The Palm Beach Post (September 5, 2019)
Fox Business: Opioid Crisis, Johnson & Johnson in Oklahoma (summer 2019)
Judge rejects Johnson & Johnson request to end opioid lawsuit, Fox Business (July 8, 2019)
BakerHostetler Fights ‘Indefensible’ DQ in Opioid MDL, Law360 (May 8, 2019)
Insys case raises risks for drug industry over opioids, Financial Times (May 6, 2019)
Atty Sanctions Axed In Opioid MDL, Allowing Doc’s Testimony, Law360 (April 26, 2019)
Expert witness in opioids MDL: Fixing crisis will cost $483 billion, Reuters (April 18, 2019)
Local jurisdictions pay the price for nation’s opioid crisis, Akron Legal News – Associated Press (April 3, 2019)
Local jurisdictions pay the price for nation’s opioid crisis, ABC News (March 27, 2019)
Is Purdue’s $270M Deal Beginning Of End For Opioid Cases?, Law360 (March 26, 2019)
Opioids MDL judge ousts ex-prosecutor from two cases against Endo, Reuters (March 20, 2019)
Five more counties file lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for opioid epidemic, West Virginia Record (December 17, 2018)
Calif. Appeals Panel Revives Suits Over Diabetes Drugs, Law360 (November 7, 2018)
Damages Forfeited In Opioid MDL Bellwethers, Drug Cos. Say, Law360 (November 2, 2018)
Tyco and 3M Ask for MDL Treatment in Dozens of Firefighting Foam Lawsuits, The National Law Journal (October 2, 2018)
NJ Justices Centralize Taxotere Hair-Loss Suits, Law360 (August 21, 2018)
Court Grants Mass Tort Status to Suits Over Breast Cancer Drug Taxotere, New Jersey Law Journal, (August 21, 2018)
Opioid MDL Counties Get Partial Info From McKesson Report, Law360 (August 1, 2018)
Discovery War Breaks Out in Opioid MDL Bellwethers, Law360 (July 25, 2018)
Judge won’t make the state resume bottled water distribution in Flint, Michigan NPR Radio (April 21, 2018)
Federal judge denies emergency injunction to bring water PODS back to Flint, ABC-12 (April 20, 2018)
Glendale man awarded $24.1 million for 2011 helicopter crash near Valle, Williams-Grand Canyon News (April 17, 2018)
DraftKings, FanDuel in Settlement Talks Over Consumer Class Actions, The National Law Journal (April 13, 2018)
Palm Beach County Sues Drugmakers Over Opioid Crisis, Daily Business Review of Law.com (April 9, 2018)
Flint Michigan Water Crisis with Hunter Shkolnik, Good Law Bad Law Podcast #69 (March 9, 2018)
Flint Water Crisis Lawsuit, There’s Still Time to Join, ABC12-WJRT (February 18, 2018)
City of Flint Water Emergency, Flint Town Hall Meeting, ABC12-WJRT (February 18, 2018)
Will Big Drugmakers Mimic Purdue on Opioid Marketing?, Law360 (February 12, 2018)
Osceola joins national opioid legal action against drug companies, Orlando Sentinel (February 7, 2018)
Inside The Opioid MDL’s Big Closed-Door Hearing, Law360 (February 1, 2018)
Former Sen. Carl Levin to mediate class-action Flint water Lawsuit, mLIVE Michigan (1/12/18)
County files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, The Champion (1/11/18)
Shreveport and Arklatex counties join lawsuit against opioid industry, ABC Affiliate KTBS-3 (1/5/18)
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Judge Sees Forum Shopping in Class Bid to Move Pollution Case, New York Law Journal (12/20/17)
Northern District of Ohio judge picked to preside over opioid MDL, MadisonSt. Clair Record (12/5/17)
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New York Courts See Wave of Lawsuits Against Pharmaceutical Firms, Niagara Gazette (September 2, 2017)
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- Publications
- Elmiron Litigation: Emerging Torts, Mass Tort News (May 27, 2020)
- Law Firm of the Month: Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Attorney at Law Magazine (October 31, 2019)
- Sikkelee: A Victory for Plaintiffs and its Implications for Aviation Product Liability Claims, American Association for Justice Aviation Law Newsletter, Winter 2017
- Danger in the Ring by Marie Brenner, Vanity Fair, January 2014
- Divided They Fall: Concepcion’s Effect on Consumer and Employee Claims (Co-Author: Richard J. Arsenault, Esq.), NYSTLA, Vol. 1, 2012
- Anti-clotting Drug Pradaxa Linked to More than 500 Deaths, AVVO Legal Guide, February 8, 2013
- Lecturer and Written extensively in the areas of Auto Product and Drug Product Liability
- Court Appointments
- Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL 2804 by United States District Court Judge Dan Aaron Polster of the Northern District of Ohio
- Co-Liaison Counsel in the Flint Water Crisis Litigation by United States District Judge Judith E. Levy of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in In Re: Invokana (Canagliflozin) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2750
- Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in the Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Products Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2738 (Honorable Freda L. Wolfson)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in In Re: Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 274 (Honorable Kurt D. Engelhardt)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee; In Re: Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2151 (Honorable James V. Selna)
- Actos Product Liability Steering Committee, American Association of Justice’s Actos Litigation Group
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, In Re: Medtronic Inc., MDL 1726 (Honorable James M. Rosenbaum) (retired)
- Co-Lead Counsel, In Re: Fleet Oral Sodium Phosphate Solutions Litigation, MDL 2066 (NDOH) (Honorable Dan A. Polster)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee & National Settlement Counsel in the In Re: Nuvaring Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1964 (MOED) (Honorable Rodney W. Sippel)
- Co-Liaison Counsel & Member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, New Jersey Nuvaring Products Liability Consolidated Mass Tort Litigation (Honorable Brian R. Martinotti)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, In Re: Medtronic, Inc., Sprint Fidelis Leads Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1905 (Dist. Minn.); (Honorable Richard H. Kyle)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, In Re: Medtronic Inc., MDL 1729 (Honorable James M. Rosenbaum) (retired)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, New Jersey Metoclopramide (Reglan) Product Liability Consolidated Mass Tort Litigation (Honorable Carol Higbee)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee Member- Co-Lead Trial Team, Strategic Planning, Expert and Discovery Subcommittee, In Re: Guidant Corp. Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1708 (Honorable Donovan Frank)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, New York State Consolidated Bextra/ Celebrex Litigation
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee and Lead Counsel; Trial, Expert, Discovery Sub Committees and Co-Lead Trial Team, In Re: New York Sulzer Inter Op Hip and Knee Implant Litigation; (Justice Helen Freedman) (retired)
- State Federal Liaison Counsel, In Re: Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Contact Lens Solution Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1785 (Honorable David C. Norton)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee & Lead trial attorney for the first scheduled bellwether trials; State Federal Liaison Counsel, In Re: New York Consolidated Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution Litigation (Justice Helen Freedman) (retired)
- Discovery Co-Chair, New Jersey Levaquin Mass Tort Litigation
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, In Re: PepsiCo. Inc., Bottled Water Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL 1903 (Honorable Cathy Seibel)
- Liaison Counsel, In Re: Zimmer NexGen Knee Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2272 (N.D.Ill) (Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, In Re: DePuy Orthopaedics. lnc., Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2244 (Honorable James Edgar Kinkeade)
- Plaintiffs’ Liaison Committee for Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, In Re: Pom Wonderful Sales and Marketing Practices Litigation, MDL 2199 (Honorable Dean D. Pregerson)
- Co-Lead Counsel, In Re: Kaba Simplex Push Button Lock Sales and Marketing Litigation, MDL 2220; (EDOH); (Honorable Donald C. Nugent)
- Co-Lead and Co-Liaison Counsel in the In Re: Eliquis (Apixaban) Product Liability Litigation, Honorable Judge Denise L. Cote for the Southern District of New York
- National Settlement Counsel in the In Re: Pradaxa (Dabigatran Etexilate) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2385, United States District Judge David R. Herndon for the Southern District of Illinois
- Co-Lead Class Counsel in the In Re: Daily Fantasy Sports Marketing And Sales Practices Litigation, MDL 2677 (George A. O’Toole, Jr.,)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee and Lead Counsel, In Re: New York Diet Drug/Fen Phen Litigation; (Justice Helen Freedman) (retired)
- Co-Lead Counsel, In Re: Bayer Healthcare LLC and Merial Limited Flea Control Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL 2319 (Nd. Ill) (Honorable Dan A. Polster)
- Co-Lead Counsel, In Re: Incretin Mimetics Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1331 (Honorable Maurice M. Paul)
- Lead Class Counsel, Hernandez-Ortiz, et al. v. 2 Gold, L.L.C., et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, Index No. 158155/2012; (Honorable Ellen M. Coin)
- Lead Class Counsel, Roberts, et al. v. Ocean Prime, LLC, et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, Index. No. 150612/2013; (Honorable Manuel J. Mendez)
- Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, In Re: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2325 Judge Joseph Goodwin for the Southern District of West Virginia
- Lead Class Counsel, Sterling, et al. v. Stratfor Enterprises, LLC, et al., Eastern District of New York 2:12-cv-00297 (Honorable Judge Denis R. Hurley)
- Representative Cases and Settlements of Note
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$600 Million Settlement in the Flint Water Litigation (subject to court approval)
Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, as co-liaison and negotiating counsel in the Flint Water Litigation, along with interim class counsel and representatives of the State of Michigan Attorney General’s office, reached a landmark wide- reaching $600 million settlement with the State of Michigan, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (now the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy), City of Flint, former Governor Richard Snyder, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and several other State and City employees in the Flint Water Crisis Litigation on behalf of the citizens of Flint, Michigan.$320 Million Opioid Settlement
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.Jeffrey Boatman, et ano. v. Uniflight, LLC
$24.1 Million Verdict in favor of helicopter crash victim$650 Million Pharmaceutical Settlement
In re: Pradaxa (Dabigatran Etexilate) Products Liability Litigation: clients participated in the $650 Million Pradaxa Master Settlement Program for compensation for their bleeding injuries caused by the blood thinner Pradaxa. - Other Experience
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