Maria Fleming

Senior Associate at Napoli Shkolnik
Cleveland, OH

About Maria Fleming

Maria Fleming is a senior associate in the Complex Litigation Department, based in Cleveland, Ohio. She served as plaintiff trial counsel in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL Bellwether trials for Lake and Trumbull Counties, managing all plaintiffs' trial exhibits and submissions to the jury. She also played an integral role in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation MDL Bellwether settlements for Cuyahoga and Summit Counties. She primarily handles trial preparation in complex opioid and consumer litigation matters. She earned her J.D. from Cleveland Marshall College of Law and her B.A. in Political Science from John Carroll 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.

D.S.C. (AFFF Products Liability MDL 2873, Judge Richard Gergel) · 2023Class ActionsRead the full story →

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.

D.S.C. (AFFF Products Liability MDL 2873, Judge Richard Gergel) · 2023Class ActionsRead the full story →

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.

New York State (National Prescription Opiate Litigation) · 2021Class ActionsRead the full story →

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.

S.D.N.Y. (Judge Alvin Hellerstein) · 2010Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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.

E.D. Mich. (In re Flint Water Cases, 5:16-cv-10444, Judge Judith Levy) · 2020Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Cleveland Marshall College of Law
J.D.
John Carroll University (Political Science)
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio

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$3.5 Million Verdict for Chemical Plant Worker Burned by Formic Acid

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.