Attorney Biography
Marie has been an attorney for over twenty-three years. She has experience handling personal injury, medical malpractice, employment discrimination, civil rights and mass tort matters. Marie earned her J.D. from St. John’s University Law School and her L.L.M. degree from New York University (NYU) School of Law. She has worked for the New York Appellate Division, 2nd Department and has taught CLE courses on Tort & Civil Procedure at St. John’s University School of Law.
As a founding partner of Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Marie was involved in many depositions and has tried multiple cases to verdict. Marie understands the breadth of the legal issues that particularly affect women injured by pharmaceutical and other defective products.
Marie is a breast cancer survivor and philanthropist creating awareness to fund research through such charitable organizations as The Bone Marrow Foundation, Inc. Marie is an avid runner and has raised money by competing in the Long Island Half Marathon and the New York City Marathon.
Marie is dedicated to plenty more philanthropic organizations and activities. She was a board member at Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club, which is a youth organization in Glen Cove, New York, and a member of the Board of Governors at the St. John’s University, as well as the President of the Middle School Parent Council of Friends Academy.
In 1993, while she was attending the St. John’s University School of Law, Marie Napoli published two of her extraordinary works: "The Lord in the Law: Reflections on a Catholic Law School", published in the St. Mary’s Law Review and "Sexual Harassment of Women in the Workplace: He Said, She Said", published in the St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary.
In 2017, she had two more of her works published: "Lawyer Viewpoint: Marie Napoli on the Law on Sex Addicts and Weinstein", published by Lawdragon, and "Opioid Crisis Costs: Is There a Cause of Action?", which Marie wrote to her husband and which was published by the New York Law Journal.
Marie has spoken on a variety of legal issues and has appeared on such networks as Fox Business News, CNN, CBS New York and ABC News.