NEW YORK, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — After more than fifteen
(15) years as a Senior Partner in the New York personal injury firm
Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik & McCartney, LLP, Hunter
Shkolnik has joined Napoli Bern Ripka, LLP (“Napoli Bern”) as a
Senior Partner of the firm, which will henceforth be known as
Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP. Paul Napoli said: “Mr. Shkolnik
led the complex and mass tort litigation team at Rheingold, Valet
and he has long been active nationally as a leader in
Pharmaceutical and Mass Tort litigations. We expect that he will
continue to do so in the future”.
Mr. Shkolnik has concentrated his areas of practice to the trial
of significant personal injury cases primarily in the area of drug,
medical device, automobile, heavy truck and aviation related
product liability and medical malpractice actions. He serves as a
chairman, leader or court appointed representative on Plaintiffs’
Steering Committees in various consumer class actions and drug and
medical device mass tort litigations including: In re: Toyota
Sudden Acceleration Litigation 10:2151: Member, Liaison Counsel
Committee For Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claimants; In re:
Oral Sodium Phosphate Solution- Based Products Liability Litigation
09:2066 Co-Lead Counsel; In re: Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead
Litigation Member, Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee; In re: Kaba
Simplex Locks Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation; In re: POM
Wonderful LLC Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation; In re:
Medtronic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators Litigation 05:1726
Member, Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee; In re: Guidant Corp
Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation 05:1708,
Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee; In re: Nuvaring Products Liability
Litigation; New Jersey Levaquin Mass Tort Litigation-Discovery
Co-Chair; New Jersey Nuvaring Litigation-Liaison Counsel;
Co-Liaison Counsel New Jersey Metaclopromide Mass Tort Litigation.
Hunter was a member of the
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