 Paul J. Hanly, Jr.
Email: phanly@hanlyconroy.com
Phone: (212) 784-6401
Born Jersey City, New Jersey, April 18, 1951. Admitted to bars of: New York (1980); Texas (2001); U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1981), Southern District of Illinois (2004), Eastern District of Texas (2006); U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1985); U.S. Court of Federal Claims (2003). Education: Cornell University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Cambridge University (M.A., with honors, 1976); Georgetown University (J.D., 1979). Law Clerk to Hon. Lawrence A. Whipple, U.S. District Judge, District of New Jersey, 1979-1980. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association; Federal Bar Council; Federal Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2004); New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Committee on Federal Courts, 1996 to date; CLE Instructor on Trial Advocacy, 1999, 2002-09); American Association for Justice; included on “New York Super Lawyers” rosters for each year from 2007 to 2010.
Mr. Hanly is an experienced trial lawyer and litigator who has litigated, managed and tried numerous complex jury cases throughout the United States in virtually all areas of civil litigation. He is renowned for his exhaustive trial preparation, imaginative trial strategies, nearly photographic memory of the contents of documents and tightly controlled and disarmingly effective cross-examinations. Over the past few years Mr. Hanly has played a key role in the settlement of thousands of pharmaceutical cases, resulting in recoveries for the firm’s clients in excess of $200 million and, between 2008 and 2010, was lead counsel for a small publicly-traded company in its antitrust suit against an industry giant, resulting in a settlement of $32 million for plaintiff and a $10.5 million contingency fee for counsel.
Representative cases include:
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Synergetics USA, Inc. v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. and Alcon, Inc., 2008-cv-3669 (DLC) (S.D.N.Y.) (lead counsel in plaintiff’s contingency fee antitrust suit; settlement of $32 million and fee of $10.5 million); |
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Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel and member of Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in MDL 1570, In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 (S.D.N.Y.) (Anti-terrorism Act actions against financial sponsors of terrorism); |
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Member of Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, In re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, No. 21 MC 97 (S.D.N.Y.) (consolidated 9/11 negligence actions against airlines and airport security companies); |
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Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel and member of Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee appointed by court in MDL 1699 to assist coordination of federal MDL with New York state litigation proceedings, In re Bextra and Celebrex Products Liability Litigation (N.D. Cal.); |
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Member of Plaintiffs’ Coordinating Committee, In re Bextra Litigation (state-wide coordinated proceedings, Supreme Court, New York County); |
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Member of Plaintiffs’ Coordinating Committee in MDL 1598, In re Ephedra Products Liability Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); |
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Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. T & N Ltd., 191 F.R.D. 522 (E.D. Tex. 2000) (successful vacation of $1.66 billion default judgment); |
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Chase Manhattan Bank v. T & N plc, 1997 WL 221203 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 28, 1997), aff'd, 162 F.3d 1147 (2d Cir. 1998) (successful defense of largest asbestos property damage case ever tried in U.S.) (trial profiled in "Chase's Case Turns to Dust," The American Lawyer (May 1996)); |
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Meyer v. Schneider (Supreme Court, New York County, 1998) (jury verdict of $4.8 million on behalf of pedestrian struck by automobile); |
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Schlaifer Nance & Co., Inc. v. Estate of Andy Warhol, 927 F. Supp. 650 (S.D.N.Y. 1996), aff'd, 119 F.3d 91 (2d Cir. 1997), subsequent proceedings, 7 F. Supp. 2d 364 (S.D.N.Y. 1998), rev'd, 194 F.3d 323 (2d Cir. 1999) (successful defense of RICO, fraud and copyright claims); |
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Warhol Foundation v. Federal Insurance Co., 189 F.3d 208 (2d Cir. 1999) (successful recovery of insurance coverage for plaintiff); |
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Artwear, Inc. v. Hughes (Estate of Andy Warhol), 615 N.Y.S.2d 689 (App. Div. 1st Dep’t 1994) (successful defense of fraud claims); |
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Prospect Group, Inc. v. Kirby, 1992 WL 400732 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 23, 1992) (successful prosecution of complex breach of contract claims); and |
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Sundbom v. Erik Riebling Mfg. Co., (S.D.N.Y. 1991) (national record jury verdict of $4.5 million on behalf of woodworker who lost four fingers in defective woodworking machine accident).
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Mr. Hanly is a regular panelist and lecturer on trial advocacy. He resides in New York City.
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