Mike Papantonio is a senior partner of
Levin, Papantonio,
Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor, P.A., one of the largest
plaintiff's law firms in America, having handled thousands of cases
throughout the nation including Asbestos, Breast Implants,
Pharmaceutical Drug Litigation, Factory Farming, Securities Fraud, the
Florida Tobacco Litigation, and other mass tort cases. "Pap" has
received numerous multi-million dollar verdicts on behalf of victims of
corporate malfeasance.
Papantonio is listed in the publications, Best Lawyers in America and
Leading American Attorney. He is also a Fellow in the International
Academy of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers.
Both organizations invite only 500 trial lawyers throughout America to
participate as members. Papantonio is also a member of the American
Board of Trial Advocates; the American Association for Justice (formerly
the ATLA); the Southern Trial Lawyers Association; and the Academy of
Florida Trial Lawyers; where he served on the Board of Directors for
five years. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer who has authored
and co-authored instructional articles on handling complex litigation
for trial lawyers.
Papantonio also is the founder of the cutting edge continuing legal
education seminar organization,
Mass
Torts Made Perfect, which has and continues to train thousands of
lawyers in how to better their legal practice. The organization has
hosted speakers such as former President Bill Clinton, James Carville,
Al Sharpton, Johnnie Cochran, Bob Woodward, Elliot Spitzer, Jack Kemp,
Arianna Huffington, Dick Morris, and Paul Begala.
An author of four motivational books for lawyers, Papantonio regularly
lectures at trial seminars throughout America. He is also the co-author
of Air America: The Playbook; listed by The New York Times as a
Political Best Seller.
In 1998, Mike Papantonio teamed with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the
Hudson Riverkeepers, and Water Keeper Alliance, to establish a
Riverkeepers program in Northwest Florida, known as the
Emerald
Coastkeepers, Inc., a full-time organization that serves the
community as a public advocate for the waterways of Northwest Florida.
Emerald
Coastkeepers and Riverkeepers are reputable for their willingness to
take polluters to court. In 2001, Mike filed two lawsuits against
polluters, which lead to a $70 million settlement. In 2007, as lead
trial counsel in the environmental class action case of Perrine v.
Dupont, Mike received a jury verdict award for a West Virginia community
with an estimated value in excess of $380 million.
Mike Papantonio and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., also currently host
Ring of Fire,
a nationally syndicated radio show, which airs on the Air America Radio
network, additionally from which Papantonio is featured in the movie,
Jesus Camp, which was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for
Documentary Feature.
Papantonio is also the founder of
GoLeft.TV, an innovative
multi-media Internet television and video-sharing portal which provides
an outlet for news, political commentary and special reports on the
major issues facing Americans from the Progressive point of view.
Papantonio has frequently discussed and debated these issues also on
national television programs such as Good Morning America, MSNBC, CNN,
and Fox News.
