About Andrew Croner
Andrew W. Croner is a partner at Napoli Shkolnik PLLC and heads the firm's Environmental department. His practice focuses on representing clients harmed by environmental contaminants, including public and private water suppliers forced to incur remediation and treatment costs due to contaminants in their water systems. He currently represents hundreds of clients in lawsuits against manufacturers of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF), a fire suppression agent used for decades by the military and civilian airports linked to PFAS contamination. He earned his J.D. with Honors from The George Washington University Law School and his B.S. with Honors from Johns Hopkins University. He is admitted in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and New York.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Napoli Shkolnik
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As court-appointed co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in AFFF MDL 2873, Paul J. Napoli of Napoli Shkolnik negotiated a settlement requiring 3M Company to pay up to $12.5 billion to public water systems contaminated by PFAS compounds in firefighting foam, the largest drinking-water settlement in American legal history.
As court-appointed co-lead counsel in AFFF MDL 2873, Paul J. Napoli of Napoli Shkolnik helped negotiate a $1.185 billion class settlement with DuPont, Chemours, and Corteva to compensate public water systems across the United States for PFAS contamination tied to firefighting foam.
Hunter Shkolnik of Napoli Shkolnik represented Nassau County in negotiations that produced a $1.1 billion settlement with McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, the three largest prescription drug distributors in the United States.
Paul Napoli served as court-appointed co-liaison counsel for nearly 10,000 firefighters, police officers, and construction workers who developed respiratory diseases after working at Ground Zero, securing a settlement worth up to $712.5 million against the city and its contractors.
Hunter Shkolnik of Napoli Shkolnik served as court-appointed co-liaison counsel for individual plaintiffs in the consolidated federal Flint water litigation, which produced a $600 million settlement from the State of Michigan in 2020.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.