Joseph Ciaccio
About Joseph Ciaccio
Joseph Ciaccio is the managing partner of Napoli Shkolnik's Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice department. He has extensive experience successfully litigating a wide range of personal injury and medical malpractice cases, including birth-related injuries such as fetal distress, hypoxia, and Erb's palsy, failures to diagnose cancer, infections, and orthopedic negligence. Since joining the firm, Ciaccio has recovered tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of injured clients, including a $4 million verdict for a teenager born with a serious birth injury. He serves on Law360's Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Editorial Board and is active in shaping CLE programming for attorneys across New York State. He earned his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Long Island University.
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.
