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. He is a
member of the New York State Bar Association; The Association of Trial
Lawyers of America (President's Club Member); New York Trial Lawyers
Association (Board of Directors); Bronx County Bar Association; Million
Dollar Advocates Forum; 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 has been
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, and is also Co-Liaison Counsel for the World
Trade Center Disaster Site litigations pending in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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 Case:
Cunningham v. American Home Products Corp., 9/21/99 N.Y.L.J. 26, Col. 5