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About Brian Shoot
Brian J. Shoot is a member of the firm and an appellate specialist who has argued approximately 250 cases in New York appellate courts over his career. Admitted to a variety of courts including the United States Supreme Court, he is a sought-after expert on appellate issues by members of the bar and a frequent lecturer on municipal and premises liability, tort damages, appellate practice, and labor law. He is a member of the Office of Court Administration's Advisory Committee on Civil Practice.
He joined Sullivan Papain and has been a member since 2003. He earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1979 and his B.S. from Union College in 1976. He has been named Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year (2014) for the New York City area in appellate practice and holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo
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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.
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