/Footnote /Note Once we got over that hump, dealing with high-level lawyers, we realized charity was the perfect option. LD: How would you describe your style as a lawyer, in the courtroom? >> 10 [64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R] >> The Roundup Settlement Class Are Futures Class Actions and Science Panels the Answer? /P 8 0 R /K 19 << endobj null 151 0 R 82 0 R] endobj >> /S /Footnote /S /Link /P 221 0 R << >> /A 231 0 R /P 240 0 R >> endobj /Type /Page /Pg 186 0 R Hunter Shkolnik represented Nassau County in Ground-Breaking TEVA 2021 Trial. At its close in December 2021, the lawsuit yielded up to $1.7 billion from the defendants, including: a $263 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson; a $200 million settlement with former opioid manufacturer Allergan; a $50 million settlement with opioid manufacturers Endo and Par ($13.85 million of which will be awarded to Nassau County); and a $1.1 billion settlement agreement with McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, the three most prominent pharmaceutical distributors responsible for distributing and selling opioid painkillers. 154 0 obj The lifestyle probably would have been better as a defense lawyer. /S /P >> /P 8 0 R << /Pg 186 0 R /P 200 0 R >> /Pg 193 0 R /K 2 >> /CreationDate (D:20180312170638-04'00') << 166 0 obj << /K [27 140 0 R 29 141 0 R 31] 118 0 obj << >> endobj /K [9 232 0 R] endobj /K 6 /K 14 122 0 obj /P 237 0 R /Pg 186 0 R /Contents [310 0 R 311 0 R 312 0 R] /K 3 << >> /P 8 0 R /K [27 217 0 R] 206 0 obj endobj I never had analysis on it, but some people would suggest I should.. >> /StructParents 13 /Lang (EN-US) >> /Type /Page endobj endobj endobj /P 169 0 R endobj /S /P The money went to Cuyahoga County. "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. /P 75 0 R /S /TR /S /P /Pg 190 0 R /Pg 196 0 R << >> 190 0 obj /Parent 12 0 R /Pg 192 0 R Download vCard. /S /P >> /S /Footnote /Lang (EN-US) 175 0 obj /A 233 0 R 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. endstream >> << endobj "The real joke is the $29 million," Shkolnik told Business Insider, adding that the legal team opposing 50 Cent brought it to . /Lang (EN-US) << This settlement was reached with the three largest drug distributors, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, in the first opioid jury trial. /StructParents 8 /Lang (EN-US) 128 0 obj 173 0 obj /Pg 194 0 R Opioids MDL judge ousts ex-prosecutor from two cases against Endo, Five more counties file lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for opioid epidemic, Calif. 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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. /S /P /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /P 139 0 R >> >> /Lang (EN-US) << 9 [54 0 R 56 0 R 57 0 R 58 0 R 59 0 R 60 0 R 61 0 R 62 0 R 63 0 R 64 0 R >> /P 30 0 R >> /K 15 /Lang (EN-US) /S /LI /Lang (EN-US) /P 8 0 R >> (833) 508-2353 Message. 58 0 obj << /Resources 276 0 R I really realized how important it was to continue those cases and get the compensation, because these people would have nothing once mom was dead. << endobj LD: Does your firm have any sort of formal mentoring programs for younger attorneys to help compensate for that? /Contents [287 0 R 288 0 R 289 0 R] /K 32 /P 73 0 R /S /P /Pg 184 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. /Lang (EN-US) /Type /OBJR 203 0 obj /Rotate 0 /P 8 0 R /S /P /S /P 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 >> He seemed to have no idea it was his last show. 170 0 obj >> At that time, The New York Times reported, "Hunter Shkolnik, a lawyer for Nassau County, said the evidence presented at trial needed to be revealed so that the public could understand the companys role in the crisis. /S /P The biggest highlight, however, doesnt involve arguments in front of a jury. /K 10 /S /P /P 8 0 R /Pg 184 0 R 76 0 obj /P 8 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] Accepting new clients! /S /P endobj /Pg 195 0 R endobj I just hit it at the right time. endobj ), $50 Million Settlement: New York Opioid Jury Trial Ohio AG Dave Yost tries to halt opioid trial scheduled for October 21. /P 54 0 R >> BLL /K [218 0 R 221 0 R] Great thing, I should say.. They crashed, she died. /O /Layout /K [2 209 0 R] 231 0 obj 103 0 obj /Pg 183 0 R I went from city to city, taking depositions of the women before they passed away. /S /Link NEW YORK, February 08, 2022--Paul Napoli and Hunter Shkolnik of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Co-Counsel with Attorney Ben Crump, Announce Lawsuit Against Hollywood, FL. endobj << << 156 0 obj 102 0 obj /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R 235 0 obj endobj 22 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /P 221 0 R endobj 5.0 15 reviews. << 212 0 obj >> Find the right contact here. 109 0 obj >> /Lang (EN-US) HS: Going back to the days of fen-phen, which was one of my earlier mass torts, when I first did the crossover from being a regular personal injury trial lawyer to going to the mass torts field, that was a true wake-up. /Lang (EN-US) $1.1 Billion Settlement: New York Opioid Jury Trial << << endobj /K 4 There's a lot of protection built into the law for governments. endobj endobj /Lang (EN-US) /P 202 0 R >> >> /P 8 0 R /Type /OBJR /Lang (EN-US) endobj /K 8 72 0 obj 75 0 obj Hunter Shkolnik Case Study. endobj endobj >> 227 0 obj /Obj 305 0 R 16 0 obj 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. 114 0 obj /Pg 183 0 R /Lang (EN-US) endobj 27 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) $650 Million Pharmaceutical Settlement 2 0 obj /Rotate 0 endobj 31 0 obj /K 2 NEW YORK-- ( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Napoli Shkolnik, one of the nation's leading firms litigating against the national pharmaceutical companies that fueled the opioid crisis, praised Judge Dan Aaron. 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Napoli Shkolnik, was first retained as lead counsel by Nassau County to assist in opioid litigation in 2017. /K 15 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. /P 8 0 R /MCID 0 95 0 obj (212) 397-1000 Ext.1006 | MHayashi@NapoliLaw.com. << Because it's true that your generation had more opportunities to do trial work there were simply more trials. endobj /K 9 /StructParents 10 endobj $24.1 Million Verdict in favor of helicopter crash victim. /Pg 182 0 R /Pg 183 0 R /Pg 192 0 R 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. /S /P /S /LBody 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). CNBC Quoted Hunter Shkolnik on $23 billion drug giveaway October 31, 2019 Source: CNBC In interviews with Reuters, lawyers representing local governments in the opioid litigation said the figure proposed by Teva inflates the real value of the drugs. /Type /MCR /S /P << /Pg 196 0 R endobj /K 155 0 R 130 0 obj << 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. /Type /Page /Pg 182 0 R /K 4 endobj 141 0 R 139 0 R 142 0 R 32 0 R] 165 0 obj endobj American Association of Justice (AAJ), The Actos Bladder Cancer Litigation Group, Co-Chair << << 82 0 obj /S /P /K [11 230 0 R] /K 26 endobj 120 0 obj endobj /P 237 0 R /P 8 0 R 149 0 obj >> It took a while, but 20 years later I ended up being his partner. 179 0 R 180 0 R 181 0 R 180 0 R 106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R /Tabs /S /S /P /P 30 0 R This was about 36% of all the recorded Shkolnik's in USA. 178 0 obj >> endobj /K 5 >> How do you think other people see you? | May 17, 2021 | /MCID 2 /S /P >> /StructParents 12 /K 3 /P 160 0 R endobj For the last five years, if I was not working in opioids, I was working in Flint. /K 12 << endobj << >> Limits Opioid Claims Against Pharmacies, Some Public Nuisance Claims Cut In NY Opioid Suit, Pharmacies Doctor Claims Dropped From Ohio Opioid MDL, Drugmakers Poised to Profit Off of Opioid Settlement Strategy, NY County Fights Mallinckrodt Bid For Separate Opioid Trial, NY County Says Meyer Suozzi Betrayed It In Opioid Case, New York Court Refuses To Delay March Opioid Trial, Mich. Judge Adds Residents To Flint Lead Water Case, Opioid Judge Rips Pharmacies Ironic Push to Halt Discovery, Drugmakers Opioid Settlement Offer Gains Ground with States, A $50 Billion Opioid Deal Gets Backing From 7 More States, 37 AGs Assail Plaintiffs Atty Fee Bid In Opioid MDL, Pharmarcies Must Give Patient Ages in Opioid MDL Discovery, Opioid MDL Special Master Sets Data Production Guidelines, Pharmacies Cant Escape Public Nuisance in Opioid MDL, 6th Circ. /S /P HS: Today, we have so much mass tort work, so you're not getting the opportunities I had to go out and try, you know, 20 automobile accident cases, just to get the feel in a courtroom, or try a medical malpractice case. endobj /Pg 194 0 R /Lang (EN-US) >> /Annots [] /K 3 /Annots [] endobj Because it's hard to do your job sometimes when you become too close. /K 13 Law and Crime, N.C. car dealership sues Carvana, says online dealer doesnt follow the rules, Spectrum Local News, Teva, Allergan Finalize Multibillion-Dollar Global Opioid Deals, Laws 360, Another Pharmacy Pays: Walmarts $3.1B Agreement Adds to Opioid Coffer, Law.com, Walmart Confirms $3B Deal Over Pharmacies Opioid Sales, Law360, Teva Pharmaceuticals settles New York opioid lawsuits for $523M, Top Class Actions, NY Reaches $523M Opioid Deal With Teva, Law360, CVS, Walgreens Offer $10B To End Nationwide Opioid Suits, Law360, After Pharmacy Deals, New Opioid Sellers In Legal Bulls-Eye, Product Liability Cases To Watch: Midyear Review, Hunter Shkolnik, Napoli Shkolnik Partner, and Opioid PEC Negotiating Team Colleagues Set Stage for $6 Billion TEVA and AbbVie/Allergan Opioid Settlement, Allergan Reaches Deal To Pay $2.37B To Settle Opioid Suits, Teva Pharmaceutical will pay over $4 billion in opioid settlement in case heard in Cleveland, Despite West Virginia ruling, pharmaceuticals face consequences in opioid epidemic, Taking on TikTok: Families sue TikTok after girls die from blackout challenge, J&J Wants Opioid Claims From NY Towns, Cities Tossed, 50 Cent Slapped With $2 Million Punitive Damages in Sex Tape Case, Teva Should Be Forced Back Into N.Y. Opioid Case, State Says, NY AG Says Tevas Parent Belongs Back In Opioid Case, NY AGs Opioid Trial Theory Fatally Flawed, Teva Says, A Florida officer shot a man after mistaking his gun for a Taser, police say. /Lang (EN-US) 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. They didn't need the money, it wasn't going to change their lives. /Tabs /S endobj /S /TD << >> 12 0 obj << endobj endobj v. Uniflight, LLC, Sikkelee: A Victory for Plaintiffs and its Implications for Aviation Product Liability Claims, Anti-clotting Drug Pradaxa Linked to More than 500 Deaths, Aquarium Sued for Placing Maine Lobster on Do Not Eat List, A man is suing the city of Hollywood, Florida after a cop shot him with a gun instead of a Taser and paralyzed him from the waist down, South Florida man paralyzed by an officer who mistook a gun for Taser sues, Man paralyzed by an officer who mistook a gun for Taser sues, Man files suit after being shot and paralyzed by Florida police officer who used firearm instead of Taser, Un hombre presenta una demanda tras recibir un disparo por un agente de polica de Florida que us un arma de fuego en lugar de un Taser, Destroz mi vida: hombre que qued paraltico demanda al polica que le dispar al confundir su arma con su taser, Ben Crump anuncia demanda contra Hollywood tras tiroteo policial que paraliza hombre, Ben Crump to Announce Lawsuit Claiming Hollywood Police Paralyzed Man Asking for Help, Civil rights attorney Ben Crump files lawsuit against Hollywood, police officers over shooting that paralyzed man, Florida civil-rights lawyer Ben Crump to sue Hollywood police for 2021 shooting, Trader Joes Sued Over Claims Chocolate Has Unsafe Lead, Cadmium Levels, City of Buffalo sues gun manufacturers, calling them a threat to public health in lawsuit, CNN. 29 0 obj It's not easy to get money from the state of Michigan or any state, to settle a case like that. /Type /OBJR << << << /Pg 188 0 R /Type /Catalog /K 29 endobj /Placement /Block << /P 30 0 R /K [10 238 0 R 239 0 R] /S /Link 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. /Pg 182 0 R I was winning cases I wasn't supposed to win. /StructParents 15 /Lang (EN-US) /Type /OBJR /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /K 19 /K 13 /K 8 0 R /Pg 196 0 R /Rotate 0 << endobj /Pg 182 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /ParentTree 9 0 R endobj 217 0 obj /K [143 0 R 144 0 R] /Annots [291 0 R] >> 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 /Count 15 /Pg 192 0 R >> /Type /Pages /Lang (EN-US) >> >> application/pdf >> endobj /P 218 0 R 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. Many large medical debt situations involve injury-related medical bills. /Lang (EN-US) endobj 23 0 R 24 0 R 25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R null null 118 0 R /K [9 203 0 R] They asked me to go back to the defense firm, and I almost did. endobj /K 4 According to Fox, Hunter Biden served as an "outside adviser" to Coons and helped Coons raise money for his 2010 Senate bid using . endobj /Pg 196 0 R /K 1 /S /P >> /K 2 /Obj 286 0 R >> He leads the discovery and trial teams of various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the Napoli /Pg 196 0 R Because I can do a handshake on a billion-dollar deal as easy as a dollar deal. << 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. /P 237 0 R << Marketing Director. /K 7 2 130 0 R 3 130 0 R 4 140 0 R /S /P 117 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /P 240 0 R /K 24 /P 83 0 R << /S /L 81 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Parent 12 0 R 189 0 obj /P 8 0 R >> 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. /P 202 0 R /P 82 0 R /K 7 The National Trial Lawyers, Aviation Trial Lawyers Top 10 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj >> 238 0 obj /Pg 196 0 R /Parent 12 0 R >> endobj 145 0 obj >> >> New York had the highest population of Shkolnik families in 1920. This jury verdict was secured on behalf of our clients Lake and Trumbull Counties (OH) against pharmacy giants CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart. /Pg 187 0 R << /S /LBody /P 240 0 R endobj /K 7 << /Lang (EN-US) 119 0 obj /P 237 0 R 98 0 obj /Pg 194 0 R /P 8 0 R And PPH had no cure. >> 124 0 obj /P 198 0 R >> << endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 186 0 R /Lang (EN-US) << 15 0 obj /S /P /Pg 189 0 R /K 16 /K [2 214 0 R] /Pg 195 0 R /Pg 190 0 R 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 >> /P 8 0 R /InlineShape /Figure 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R 115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R] /Bibliography /BibEntry /P 237 0 R /Pg 186 0 R 23 0 obj /S /Link /S /P 60 0 obj 193 0 obj /Pg 186 0 R /K 3 Best Law Firms in New York, U.S. News & World Report, 2019 /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R 107 0 obj /Chart /Figure /P 218 0 R There was heart-valve injury, and there was another one called PPH, Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.
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