Paul J. Napoli, Senior Partner
Mr. Napoli, a Senior Partner in the firm, was admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of New York in 1992. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; and holds pro hac vice appointments in various state courts including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Florida. A 1992 graduate of St. John's University School of Law, Mr. Napoli also holds a B.S. from Fordham University (1989). Mr. Napoli has achieved more than 100 verdicts and settlements over one million dollars.
Mr. Napoli has been named in New York Super Lawyers® for 2007 and is a long-time member of the invitation-only Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He serves on the board of directors of the New York Trial Lawyers Association, is active in numerous bar associations, has been interviewed on numerous television shows, in newspaper and magazine articles and is frequently consulted by attorneys around the country on a variety of mass tort, malpractice and liability issues. Mr. Napoli has written on physician liability for diet drug injuries, and serves as Plaintiffs' Co-Liaison Counsel in In re: World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation, pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Napoli is also a member of the New York State Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (President's Club Member); Bronx County Bar Association; St. John's Loughlin Society (Benefactors' Council); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice and the St. John's University School of Law Alumni Association. Mr. Napoli was appointed by the Supreme Court of the State of New York as the Liaison Counsel for the Consolidated Diet Drug litigations and for the New York State Rezulin litigations.
Practice Areas:
Pharmaceutical Liability; Mass Torts; Environmental ("Toxic") Torts, Liability; Medical Malpractice Law; Products Liability; Negligence Law; Securities Law
Articles:
Napoli, Paul J., "Physician Liability In Diet Drug Litigation" NYLJ April 20, 1998
Reported Cases:
Cunningham v. American Home Products Corp., 9/21/99 N.Y.L.J. 26, Col. 5
In re Diet Drugs (Phentermine, Fenfluramine, Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation,
(multiple decisions)
553 F.Supp.2d 442 ( E.D. Pa. 2008)
431 F.3d 141 (3d Cir. (Pa.) 2005)
418 F.3d 372 (3d Cir. (Pa.) 2005)
385 F.3d 386 (3d Cir. (Pa.) 2004)
93 Fed. Appx. 338 (C.A.3 (Pa.) 2004)
In re World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation, (multiple decisions)
503 F.3d 167 (2d Cir. (N.Y.) 2007)
456 F.Supp.2d 520 (S.D.N.Y. 2006)
521 F.3d 169 (2d Cir. (N.Y.) 2008)
Sachse v. Metro P.T., P.C., 286 A.D.2d 682 (2d Dep't 2001)
