About Chun Ho Chung
Chun Ho Chung has over 15 years of legal experience across diverse settings, including serving as in-house legal counsel for the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and as Chief Legal Officer for a major NASDAQ-listed IT company. He was also an executive in charge of legal, regulatory affairs, and public relations at a major international insurance company and a multi-national consumer goods company. Mr. Chung focuses his practice on aviation accidents, workers' compensation, personal injury, and mass torts, serving primarily the Korean-American community in New York. He is fluent in Korean and English. He earned his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law and his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley.
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.
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