Marie Napoli, Attorney at Law

Attorney Marie Napoli grew up in Manhasset, in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. In 2005, the Wall Street Journal ranked Manhasset as the best town for raising a family in New York, and that certainly was true during Marie’s childhood as well.

Marie is part of a tight-knit Catholic family, who instilled in her the values of hard work, as well as being generous with one’s talents and financial gifts. As one of eight children, she knew the love of family and the joy that a family can bring to a child’s life.

As a teen, Marie worked in her father’s law practice, learning the responsibilities of doing a job well. She adored working side-by-side with her father, John, whom she greatly admired. Marie also paid attention to the lessons her father taught her as she encountered various aspects of working in the legal field.

Life as an Attorney

Married to Paul Napoli, Marie Napoli has been a lawyer for more than thirty years. In addition to earning her JD from St. John’s University School of Law, Marie has continued her legal education by obtaining an LLM in Taxation from NYU School of Law as well as an LLM in Environmental Law from Lewis & Clark Law School.

As a founding partner of Napoli Shkolnik, Marie oversees a multi-faceted law firm with a diverse clientele for whom the firm has obtained over $20 billion in areas such as mass torts, environmental law, civil rights, pharmaceutical cases, opioid litigation, personal injury and more.

Marie has provided legal commentary numerous legal issues, appearing on networks such as Fox Business News, CNN, CBS News and ABC News. A sampling of appearances can be viewed here.

Marie Napoli’s Published Works

Marie regularly provides whitepapers and thought leadership articles on a variety of legal topics. Recent publications include Can America Regulate Social Media? which explores how mounting evidence shows that social media use implicitly dangerous, particularly for the younger individuals; Access to Justice is Lacking Across America which delves into how inaccessible the American justice system can be for lower-income Americans, rural America, and for those whose first language may not be English; and Assessing the Importance of the Adult Survivors Act which outlines how this one-year lookback window for individuals who experienced sexual abuse after they turned 18 years old may still have recourse.

Marie also routinely featured in national and local publications such as New York Magazine (Women Leaders in Law New York’s Top Rated Lawyers), The New York Post (Learn on this premier law firm helps families receive the justice they deserve) and CIO Women (Empowering Stories of Female Trailblazers in Law – 2024).

A sampling of more published works can be found here.

Philanthropy & Family

Apart from being a founding partner of Napoli Shkolnik, one of the most renown national law firms in the United States, Marie Napoli is a devoted philanthropist who is passionate about helping others.

In honor of her husband’s fight with leukemia, she competed in the New York City Marathon and raised over $52,000 for The Bone Marrow Foundation, Inc., where she has been an active member of the Associate Board for a long time now.

Apart from being dedicated attorneys, both Marie and Paul Napoli are greatly devoted to helping people in need. What truly speaks volumes about their philanthropic nature is the charitable foundation that they founded back in 2001. Marie and Paul founded the Marie and Paul Napoli Foundation, which is dedicated to cancer research and supports a number of charitable causes and organizations.

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.