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Join attorneys Marc J. Bern and Christopher W. Byron along with representatives from Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik & Associates LLP and Byron Carlson Petri & Kalb LLC to learn more about your legal options.
Date: February 9, 2012
Location: Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel
(9801 Natural Bridge Road St. Louis, MO 63134)
Time: 1:00 & 6:00PM
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Senior Partner Hunter J. Shkolnik will be a speaker at the second installment of the Conference featuring new information on the Actos MDL just established in the Western District of Louisiana and three pending MDL petitions involving Transvaginal Mesh products.
Mr. Shkolnik will be focusing his lecture on Actos History, Function and Malfunction.
More at https://harrismartin.com/conference/829/TVM-ACTOS_Jan12/
A panel of experts joined co-chair NBRS Senior Partner Marc J. Bern in Dallas, TX to discuss the latest hydraulic fracturing (fracking) information. The increased use of fracking to extract natural gas from underground rock formations raises environmental and legal challenges.
More at http://litigationconferences.com/?p=22518
Along with former New Jersey Mass Tort Judge Marina Coredemus, Hunter J. Shkolnik was a speaker on “Multi-district Litigation and the Parallel State Court Universe: A Practitioners Global Positioning Guide.” The conference was held in New Orleans on December 9th.
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Senior Litigation Counsel and Securities and Commercial Arbitration Litigation Department Head along with departmental Associate Attorney Christopher Lufrano have been nominated to the American Bar Association’s Alternative/Securities Dispute Resolution Committee.
The Section of Dispute Resolution, established in 1993, is one of the ABA's newest and fastest growing Sections with over 19,000 members.
More at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/dispute_resolution/ about_us.html
“PADEP’s arbitrary decision will deprive these deserving people and future generations, of their constitutional right to pure, clean, potable water,” wrote Tate Kunkle of the New York City law firm of NBRS & Associates in a letter to the state Department of Environmental Protection.
More at http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8635697-lawyers-want-water-for-pa-towns-tainted-wells
Senior Partner Hunter J. Shkolnik spoke at the Harris Martin MDL Conference: Transvaginal Mesh and ACTOS Litigation in Savannah, Georgia. Mr. Shkolnik focused on the history, function and problems associated with the type-2 Diabetes Drug Actos.
More at https://harrismartin.com/conference/826/TVM-ACTOS_Nov11/
Despite the challenges, attorneys Bern and Napoli are waging a war for justice for first responders. Their desire to see that the real heroes of 9/11 would always be remembered prompted them to make a generous gift of $200,000 to the New York City Police Museum in May. Read the Article
The firm’s impressive track record is also a product of its ambition to be at the forefront of litigation. Senior Partner Bern and the firm were the first to file a lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals over the company’s diabetes medication Actos for causing Bladder Cancer. The firm’s securities and commercial litigation department also recently filed an arbitration claim against David Lerner Associates, Inc. for violations in connection with Apple Real Estate Investment Trusts. Read the Article
Senior Partner Hunter J. Shkolnik was integral to the formation of the new AAJ litigation group, The Actos Bladder Cancer Litigation Group. Mr. Shkolnik will be co-chairing this important Litigation Group.
The American Association for Justice, also known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America is a forum for attorneys to share their knowledge and experience through conventions and teleseminars while continuing their own education in order to be more successful attorneys for their clients. Mr. Shkolnik recently lead an AAJ Actos Teleseminar which focused on the Type-2 diabetes drug Actos and its link to a 40% increased risk for Bladder Cancer for those patients taking the drug for more than a year.
More at www.justice.org
Senior Litigation Counsel Adam J. Gana was a guest speaker at the Investor Rights Clinic / Seminar in White Plains, New York.
The focus of the discussion centered on how to properly file an arbitration claim and the process and procedures involved with FINRA’s Discovery Process.
Mr. Gana shared his experience and knowledge on how to best prepare, present and win a case for arbitration.
Senior Litigation Counsel Adam J. Gana was a Guest Lecturer at the 20th Annual Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) Meeting in Rancho Mirage, California.
The focus of the discussion centered on how to properly broaden a product-based arbitration as a claim for suitability. Mr. Gana shared his experience and knowledge on how to best prosecute a product related case in arbitration with attendees.
More at https://piaba.org/2011-piaba-annual-meeting-and-securities-law-seminar
We are pleased to announce that Steve M. Aroesty will be the Managing Partner of our new Illinois Office. Mr. Aroesty primarily handles plaintiff’s personal injury cases where he has consistently recovered millions of dollars in settlements for his clients.
Mr. Aroesty is admitted to practice law in Illinois, Missouri, New York and the District of Columbia.
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