Marie Napoli

Marie has been an attorney for over thirty years and has experience handling complex cases, including employment discrimination, civil rights, mass tort matters, personal injury, medical malpractice litigation, and pharmaceutical litigation. Marie earned her J.D. from St. John’s University Law School, her L.L.M. degree from NYU School of Law as well as an Environmental Law L.L.M. from Lewis and Clark Law School. She has worked for the New York Appellate Division, 2nd Department and has taught CLE courses on Tort and Civil Procedure at St. John’s University School of Law. As a founding partner, Marie plays an integral role in achieving the multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements in the firm’s many practice areas, including the $1.3+ billion settlement in the New York Opioid Jury Trial, the jury verdict for plaintiffs in the Ohio Opioid Trial (the federal bellwether trial against national pharmacy chains),the $640 million Flint Water Crisis agreement, and the $1 billion settlement in the World Trade Center litigation. The firm continues to be at the forefront of national and noteworthy legal cases, including those involving anti-trust generic drug litigation, Aqueous Film-Forming Foam water contamination cases, where a $1.185B agreement w Media Appearances Lawyers in PFAS water pollution settlements win $956 mln fee award, Reuters (April 23, 2024) Judge Allows $956M Atty Fees In 3M, DuPont PFAS Settlements, Law360 (April 23, 2024) Wisconsin-based Tyco Fire Products to pay out $750 million to PFAS-impacted communities, milwaukee journal sentinel (April 12, 2024 PFAS-affected water systems to receive $750M in settlement with Tyco Fire Products, Wisconsin Public Radio (April 12, 2024) Judge Approves Historic $12.5 Billion 3M Settlement to Clean America’s Water Supplies, Businesswire (April 2, 2024)