Abigail Rafael

Sullivan Papain was among the firms representing New York State against Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and Lorillard, securing a $25 billion recovery through the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.

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.

A Bronx jury in February 2016 awarded $183 million to five FDNY firefighters and the families of those killed after the city was found 80% liable for removing personal safety ropes years before a 2005 Bronx tenement fire that forced six firefighters to jump from a fourth-floor window.

William Berroyer Sr. tripped on an unsecured 15-foot telephone cord under a conference table at the IRS office in Hauppauge, New York, in July 2008 and suffered a spinal cord injury. After a four-day bench trial under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Judge Arthur D. Spatt found the United States negligent and entered a $712,000 judgment for Mr. Berroyer in January 2014. His wife, Ruth, received a separate $150,000 award for loss of services.