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. /P 8 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] /Lang (EN-US) /A 225 0 R /Lang (EN-US) 360 Lexington Avenue, Eleventh . /Lang (EN-US) Hunter J. Shkolnik's Post Hunter J. Shkolnik Napoli Shkolnik 1w /S /P 2 130 0 R 3 130 0 R 4 140 0 R They didn't need the money, it wasn't going to change their lives. /P 8 0 R << City of Rochester takes aim at gun manufacturers, Rochester Beam. << endobj /P 8 0 R 222 0 obj << /StructParents 19 154 0 obj << But back then, you got it and the question was, Are you going to die in weeks or are you going to die in a year and a half?. << 104 0 obj 20 0 obj /P 237 0 R 218 0 obj /P 218 0 R /P 129 0 R /Type /MCR 206 0 obj /S /Footnote << 173 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) It smacked of environmental racism at its worst. 159 0 obj /Pg 190 0 R endobj >> >> Napoli Shkolnik PLLC. /Pg 196 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] << /P 8 0 R Lawyer Limelight: Hunter Shkolnik | Lawdragon The mother of one of . /P 8 0 R 94 0 obj /Pg 196 0 R endobj 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. That's something that I've always worked with. << /O /Layout have learned that Co-Liaison Counsel Hunter Shkolnik has entered into excessive fee agreements to pursue individual actions involving the Flint Water Crisis for Flint residents, utilized his. /P 8 0 R << >> << /Lang (EN-US) 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 /Lang (EN-US) Im super proud of her, says Shkolnik, whose older daughter, Eliza, a graphic artist and designer, got her start putting together trial graphics for her dad. / 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 (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 Its Litigated, Perrin Conferences, Faculty Member, Hot Topics and Trends in Litigation Seminar, American Association for Justice, Speaker, Flint Water Crisis, HarrisMartins 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, HarrisMartins 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, HarrisMartins MDL Conference: Xarelto & Power Morcellators, Speaker, HarrisMartins Major Developments in Drug & Device Litigation, HarrisMartins 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 Practitioners 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.. 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. In a ground-breaking, December 2021 case that proceeded this global settlement, a jury found Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and five other companies responsible for causing a public nuisance in Nassau County, New York, by minimizing the addictiveness of opioids with misleading marketing. /S /P Beginning in 2019, Hunter Shkolnik represented Nassau County in New York States massive statewide lawsuit to hold accountable the various manufacturers and distributors responsible for the opioid epidemic. /Rotate 0 /O /Layout /S /P /P 240 0 R 223 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) Find the right contact here. 76 0 obj endobj endobj /K 2 << /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) << 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 >> /Pg 196 0 R 124 0 obj 10 0 obj 194 0 obj LD: I love that pursuit of justice for justice's sake. /MCID 0 /K [4 147 0 R 9] /Contents [282 0 R 283 0 R 284 0 R] /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /Pg 182 0 R 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. 52 0 obj Children lead-poisoned. 228 0 obj /S /P /Type /MCR The trial team led by Hunter J. Shkolnik, Esq. /K [0 159 0 R 9] << >> << /Lang (EN-US) /Annots [] endobj /K 9 /Pg 182 0 R >> 196 0 obj /Resources 263 0 R 192 0 obj /K 10 >> /ITXT (2.1.7) /P 8 0 R /P 8 0 R 71 0 obj /Obj 277 0 R << endobj << /Lang (EN-US) I get that for sure. << endobj 91 0 obj /K 1 /S /Link These Defendants played an integral role in causing and prolonging the Flint Water Crisis and possess significant liability. /P 8 0 R /K 10 /K 1 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 32 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) I try to be honest. endobj /Pg 183 0 R /S /P /S /P << Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning), Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy, Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American. It set the stage for the over $4 Billion settlement, which excludes New York trial cases. 200 0 obj /P 218 0 R /Contents [297 0 R 298 0 R 299 0 R] /P 8 0 R 5 0 obj endobj endobj endobj 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. /P 8 0 R >> /Pg 186 0 R /Type /Page endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj << << /Lang (EN-US) 106 0 obj 117 0 obj 8 [51 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R] endobj /Pg 191 0 R endobj /S /P /K [5 210 0 R 211 0 R 212 0 R] 240 0 obj >> /Parent 12 0 R endobj Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Shkolnik surname lived. /Lang (EN-US) LD: Such important work. /S /P endobj /P 8 0 R /S /Link /Resources 246 0 R /S /P << /K 17 /StructParents 7 These were young women, very often with young families. /StructParents 16 << endobj << /Resources 300 0 R >> /Pg 196 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /K [152 0 R 153 0 R 206 0 R 207 0 R 208 0 R] /S /P >> /Lang (EN-US) 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). I'd miss a lot of classes, I'd go to classes late. /P 90 0 R endobj endobj /S /P /A 229 0 R << There was heart-valve injury, and there was another one called PPH, Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Plaintiffs Steering Committee Member- Co-Lead Trial Team, Strategic Planning, Expert and Discovery Subcommittee, Plaintiffs Steering Committee, New York State Consolidated Bextra/ Celebrex Litigation. /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 182 0 R /K [30 224 0 R] *Results May Vary Depending On Your Particular Facts and Legal Circumstances*. /P 202 0 R /K [237 0 R 240 0 R] /P 8 0 R 220 0 obj /K [15 226 0 R] << << 120 0 obj /K 202 0 R >> /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] 156 0 obj << /K 24 $600 Million Settlement in the Flint Water Litigation /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 36 0 obj >> endobj /Type /OBJR 233 0 obj Opioid Update: Ohio Asks Sixth Circuit for Mandamus while U.S. Chamber Says Muni Suits by Plaintiffs Firms Could Upend Civil Litigation. << /Obj 296 0 R 217 0 obj endobj /K 29 >> /Lang (EN-US) /O /Layout /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 183 0 R /Underline /Span /S /P As an esteemed attorney, he leads the discovery and trial teams of various mass tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigations for the firm. /Company (Hewlett-Packard Company) /K 7 103 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 60 0 obj << endobj /Type /MCR >> >> stream Maria Shkolnik, 41 - New York, NY - Reputation & Contact Details /K 7 /S /LI We were that close. 51 0 obj /Pg 191 0 R << >> /K 12 /K 11 These were not old, ill people. /P 8 0 R >> /P 74 0 R What was it like for you when you switched from defense to plaintiff work the first time? 141 0 R 139 0 R 142 0 R 32 0 R] endobj endobj >> /Lang 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. endobj /Lang (EN-US) endobj /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 190 0 R /Pg 183 0 R /S /Table << << /Pg 182 0 R >> stream /Lang (EN-US) 110 0 obj Hunter Shkolnik Case Study - 253 Words | Bartleby /Type /MCR /S /P /Lang (EN-US) 34 0 obj That's an easier thing to do. 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. << /Lang (EN-US) 83 0 R 84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R 87 0 R 88 0 R 89 0 R 90 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R >> /K [0 156 0 R 7] 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 . /K 1 Simpson, Executive Director Hill Harper, Partner Louise Caro, and Associate Patrick Lanciotti, along with Paralegal Delna Kermani. 37 0 obj 123 0 obj endobj /Rotate 0 For media interviews and additional information contact: Maria Hayashi. << 10 [64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R] /Annots [] /Lang (EN-US) /Lang (EN-US) G>@y$wx>XSW7&@zD1nlDy2F/EG@Rf&_. /S /Footnote /MarkInfo 2 0 R endobj /K 2 << 190 0 obj /P 55 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 186 0 R /A 201 0 R >> /Lang (EN-US) << We crossed paths and said that one day, we were going to work together. /K [4 213 0 R] Mr. Shkolnik was asked to weigh in on a variety of legal issues. Can you talk about some of the opioid litigation youve been working on? Buffalo Files Massive First of Its Kind Lawsuit Claiming Gun Companies Have Created a Public Nuisance. /S /LI 15 [89 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R null 155 0 R null 156 0 R 157 0 R] /S /P HS: With Flint, as soon as it happened, we knew, myself and Paul and Marie Napoli, this was something we had to get into. 2 63 0 obj /S /P /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /S /P /S /P << 1 [null null 120 0 R null null null 121 0 R null null 122 0 R /Contents [269 0 R 270 0 R 271 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 /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] endobj All rights reserved. /S /P /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> 183 0 obj That fondness for the family business may be inherited: Shkolnik himself came from a family of doctors and planned to practice medicine before learning his grades were just shy of the level required to win a spot in medical school in the U.S. That meant I was going to have to go to Europe or Israel or some other place to study, and I had no interest in studying overseas, Shkolnik says. >> << endobj 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. 8 0 obj << 16 [92 0 R 93 0 R 94 0 R 95 0 R 96 0 R 97 0 R] 163 0 obj >> endobj This jury verdict was secured on behalf of our clients Lake and Trumbull Counties (OH) against pharmacy giants CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart. /Contents [247 0 R 248 0 R 249 0 R] /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Pg 196 0 R I was winning cases I wasn't supposed to win. << 132 0 obj endobj /Parent 12 0 R Hunter J. Shkolnik - NSPR Law Services, LLC << >> 160 0 obj /K 14 /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 83 0 R << << >> endobj /K 2 23 0 obj Marie Napoli and her team handle all types of personal injury c Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, represents plaintiffs nationwide in complex litigation, arbitration proceedings and mediations. /K [149 0 R 150 0 R] /Pg 194 0 R /Rotate 0 /Lang (EN-US) /S /P /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] 205 0 obj LD: Does your firm have any sort of formal mentoring programs for younger attorneys to help compensate for that? endobj /S /P /Tabs /S << << /K 16 /Pg 183 0 R Says, County says Mallinckrodt Shouldnt Get Separate Opioid Trial, Enough Already with Opioid Bellwethers, Pharmacies Say, Opioid Funds Should Be Used For Mental Health, Judge Told, Opioid MDL Needs New Pharmacy Bellwether, Judge Says, Purdue Says Ch. >> As he points . endobj 232 0 obj endobj /O /Layout 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. >> /Lang (EN-US) /P 8 0 R /Lang (EN-US) /P 240 0 R /S /P /Lang (EN-US) << /Pg 182 0 R /Annots [268 0 R] It's not easy to get money from the state of Michigan or any state, to settle a case like that. << It's not like you're dealing with a 90-year-old person who's passing away. endobj /P 8 0 R /P 240 0 R 5 Columbus Circle, Suite 1501. /Lang (EN-US) /S /P >> << LD: Youre really frontline with those cases. endobj /Pg 192 0 R << /Parent 12 0 R endobj >> /S /P 90 0 obj >> endobj /Tabs /S /Pg 183 0 R /Pg 183 0 R 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. D:20180312210627 /P 8 0 R 38 0 obj /S /Link 133 0 obj /Lang (EN-US) /P 237 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /P 240 0 R Beginning in 2019, Hunter Shkolnik represented Nassau County in New York State's massive statewide lawsuit to hold accountable the various manufacturers and . /Pg 186 0 R /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 /Pg 184 0 R New York, NY, 10019. >> << /Lang (EN-US) /Pg 196 0 R /Rotate 0 /K 15 /Lang (EN-US) Usually, Im more of a tactician in cases, where I come in and I'm like a machine. << /Pg 186 0 R