Nicholas Mindicino

Senior Associate at Napoli Shkolnik
New York, NY

About Nicholas Mindicino

Nicholas Mindicino is a Senior Associate in Napoli Shkolnik's Environmental Litigation Department, working in the Manhattan office. Prior to joining the firm, he engaged in complex litigation across civil rights, police misconduct, and prisoners' rights matters, gaining extensive experience in Constitutional and statutory law before state and federal courts. He has conducted trials and argued motions and appeals before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He earned his J.D. from the University of Connecticut and his B.A. from Boston University. He has been recognized as a New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2015 to 2022 and as a New York Metro Super Lawyer in 2023.

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

University of Connecticut School of Law
J.D.
Boston University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York

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