Mission
Our Mission
The Trial Lawyers of Puerto Rico is a diverse group of lawyers who are committed to bringing together the top legal minds in Mass Tort and Personal Injury.
Our mission is to develop rich partnerships among our members – many of whom are respected leaders in their area of expertise – to create educational opportunities and exponential value for each member, their clients, and the people of Puerto Rico.
Founded in 2021 by Attorneys Paul and Marie Napoli, Hunter Shkolnik, and William Pintas, The Trial Lawyers of Puerto Rico is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Membership
Our Founding Board Members
William G. Pintas
Founding Member, Partner at Pintas & Mullins Law
William Pintas leads one of the largest partnering personal injury firms in North America representing tens of thousands of clients in mass torts, nursing home maltreatment, asbestos claims, institutional sex abuse and environmental disasters. The firm is at the forefront of technology, marketing and law firm partnership strategies. Attorney Pintas is also chief legal strategist for famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
Ari Kresch
Founder, Chief Visionary Officer at 1-800-LAW-FIRM
Ari Kresch is a true pioneer in bringing contingent legal services to the masses. He founded 1-800-LAW-FIRM in 1994, the first legal marketing firm to access national advertising platforms on behalf of its constituent law firms. He built and supervised the first legal intake center, designed to avoid the bottleneck caused by limiting new client intakes to lawyers that had competing obligations in court. He was first to build legal intake software that would create efficiencies, unknown to the law firms at the time.
Michael Fuller
Founder at FARRELL & FULLER LAW
Mr. Fuller is one of the founding member of Farrell & Fuller. Mr. Fuller spent decades holding the nursing home industry responsible for the abuse and neglect of the elderly. Now he has turned his attention to other corporate giants in the pharmaceutical industry by taking a key leadership role in the nationwide opioid litigation. Mr. Fuller along with Mr. Farrell have most recently began anti-trust litigation against Google and Facebook on behalf of our Country’s Newspaper Industry.
James Bergener
Founder at Sweet James Accident Attorneys
Recognized by fellow accident lawyers, he has been a guest lecturer at conferences, legal seminars, and law schools on topics involving injury tort litigation and practice management.Aside from his numerous academic and professional interactions, “Sweet James” Bergener provides weekly commentary as a legal expert on various radios stations and television programs across the nation.
Marc D. Grossman
Senior Partner at Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, LLC
Marc D. Grossman is a Senior Partner at Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, LLC with decades of experience representing large groups of plaintiffs against major corporate defendants, including in the areas of environmental torts, medical claims, class actions and mass torts, both domestically and globally. Mr. Grossman has also produced five Broadway shows, and is co-owner of the Puerto Rican professional basketball team Mets de Guaynabo.
Paul Farrell, Jr.
Founding Member, Farrell & Fuller, LLC
Mr. Farrell is a West Virginia trial lawyer known best for his role as the Co-Lead of the national prescription opiate litigation.
Hunter Shkolnik
Founding Member, Partner at Napoli Shkolnik Law
Mr. Shkolnik holds numerous leadership appointments in multi-district litigations and currently services as Co-Liaison Counsel in the Flint Water litigation, where he is involved in the pending $641.2 million settlement. He was also a primary attorney in settling the first federal opioid trial in Ohio for $320 million and is a member of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the National Prescription Opiate litigation. Recently, Mr. Shkolnik was named to the Law360 Product Liability Editorial Board.
Marie Napoli
Founding Member, Partner at Napoli Shkolnik Law
Ms. Napoli continues to be at the forefront of complex litigation nationwide and has been appointed to leadership roles in various state and federal multi-district case. She is a leading media commentator and author on topics ranging from mass torts to workplace discrimination. For her work, she has been industry and peer recognized, notably Ms. Napoli was named to National Trial Lawyers Women’s Rights Top 10.
Paul Napoli
Founding Member, Partner at Napoli Shkolnik Law
Mr. Napoli has a proven track record of consistently obtaining multi-million settlements for clients. He is also well known for his efforts on behalf of 9/11 victims, having been instrumental in lobbying for “Jimmy Nolan’s Law” and the “Zadroga Bill”. Currently he is Co-Lead Counsel in the Aqueous Film-Forming Foam multi-district litigation and the New York Opioid Cost Recovery Litigation.
Mikal C. Watts
Capital Partner at Watts Guerra LLC
Mikal Watts is one of the most prominent trial lawyers, having tried and won numerous first-in-the-country MDL bellwether trials. He now focuses on wildfire, pharmaceutical, farming and environmental pollution mass action cases.
Ivelisse Aponte
Executive Director
As the Trial Lawyers of Puerto Rico Executive Director, I meet some of the brightest and most experienced legal minds in Mass Torts and Personal Injury. As a fellow attorney, it is a great privilege being able to expand my knowledge and learn about the world of opportunities in these fields. As a Puerto Rican, I am truly proud of what we have accomplished in a relatively short period of time, creating various initiatives aligned with our mission to create better educational opportunities for those in need. We’re eager to expand our community and would like you to be a part of it.
Grow Your Network
Engage with some of the brightest minds in personal injury and mass tort.
Share Expertise
Exchange ideas to grow your practice, multiply revenue, and best serve your clients.
Give Back
Invest in the opportunities of the Puerto Rico economy and give back to our local community.
Enjoy
Grow your skills and build lasting partnerships in one of the most beautiful settings on earth.
Events
¡Gracias y Bienvenidos!
Trial Lawyers of Puerto Rico and Mass Tort Med School Present:
Mass Torts Puerto Rico’s Annual Conference
Mass Torts Puerto Rico is BACK! We are excited to announce the dates for 2023 are May 3rd-5th at the majestic Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tickets on sale this fall. To learn more about the event, visit the event website!
Trial Lawyers of Puerto Rico Presents:
Cocktails & Canapés
Thank you all who could make it to our Meet and Greet event. We had a great time making new friends in our local legal community. Special thanks to our sponsors The Lake Law Firm for their continued support.
Looking forward to our next one, stay tuned!
Our Address
1302 Avenida Ponce de León, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907
Email Us
info@TrialLawyersofPR.org
Call Us
+1 787-483-6010
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