Victor John Yannacone

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Overview

Practice Areas

50% Workers Compensation
54 years, 9,654 cases
20% Litigation
54 years
15% Environmental / Natural Resources
44 years
5% Energy / Utilities
44 years

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Fees and Payment Types

Fees

Contingent (15%-34%), Hourly ($300-$1500/hour), Retainer (Sometimes)

Contact Information

Yannacone & Yannacone, PC

PO Box 109

Patchogue, NY 11772

Office: 631-475-0231
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Résumé

License

54 years since Victor John Yannacone was first licensed to practice law.

State	License status	Year acquired	Last updated by Avvo
New York	Currently registered	1959	05/21/2011

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

Work Experience

Position	Duration
Village Justice at Incorporated Village of Patchogue, NY	1994–2002

Awards

Award Name	Granting Organization	Date
Chairman Emeritus	Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts	2005
Man of the Year	Long Island Advance	1992

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Associations

Position	Association Name	Duration
CoFounder, Chairman Emeritus	Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts	1998–present
Charter Member	International Council of Environmental Law	1969–present

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Portfolio

Cases

MDL 381 in re Agent Orange

Outcome: Class Action Settlement

Dow Chemical, et al. v James R. Allen, et al.

Outcome: Quashed subpoena for raw scientific data.

Envirtonmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Outcome: Injunction granted

Publications

Article	Publication	Date
Energy and Environment: A Partnership That Works;	The Actual Impacts of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development On Our Environment	2005
Water and Energy, the Basis for Human Society: Are They Globally Sustainable Through the 21 Century?	Sustainability of Energy and Water Through the 21 Century	2002

Infrared Photon Stimulation: A New Form of Chronic Pain Therapy,	Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Sixth Edition, (American Academy of Pain Management/CRC Press)	2002
The Public Lands,	Explorer	2001
Science, Ethics, and Scientific Ethics in the Modern World,	Environmental Geosciences	1999
It’s Time to Raise the Bar	The Recorder	1997
“...we must make changes in the public school system...,” Long Island Business News, “Speaking Out” “...we must make changes in the public school system...,”	Long Island Business News	1996
“...LI’s economic health depends on public safety...,”	Long Island Business News	1996
“Ill Gulf War Veterans Deserve Help Now,” “Viewpoints” OpEd	Newsday	1996
Another Opinion of Legal Time Billing,	Risk & Insurance	1993
Engineers’ Liability	Kent's Mechanical Engineers’ Handbook	1986
Chemical Defoliation or Chemical Warfare?	International Regulation of Chemical and Biological Warfare Symposium,	1982
Impact Zoning: Alterna- tive to Exclusion in the Suburbs,	The Urban Lawyer reprinted in The Land Use Awakening: Zoning Law in the Seventies	1981
Property and Stewardship: Private Property + Public Interest = Social Property,	South Dakota Law Review	1978
Environmental Auditing	Environmental Law: Practice and Procedure Handbook	1976
Environmental Law	The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering	1975
Agricultural Lands, Fertile Soils, Popular Sovereignty, The Trust Doctrine, Environmental Impact Assessment and the Natural Law	North Dakota Law Review	1975
The Origins of Our National Environmental Policy	Future land Use: Energy, environmental and legal constraints	1975
The Energy Crisis	The Energy Crisis	1974
Environmental Law	The Forum	1974
The Environment and the Law	Planning, Environmental Science, Aviation	1974
Environment, Energy, Society and the Law	Proceedings: Symposium on Energy and Society	1974
Cross-Examination of a Cardiologist to Establish Causal Relationship Between Death and Work Activity	Examination of Medical Experts II	1973
Environmental Litigation as a Source of Environmental Information	Environmental Science, Technology, Information Resources	1973
Environmental Rights & Remedies	Environmental Rights & Remedies, 2 Volumes	1972
Children or Chattels?	Trial Lawyers Quarterly	1972
Law, Legislation and Regulation	National Environmental Information Symposium: An Agenda for Progress, Volume 2	1972
How Much Geology is Relevant to an Eighteen Year Old Voter?	Proceedings of the Geological Society of America / National Association of Geology Teachers, 1971 Annual Meeting	1971
Environment and the Law	ENVIRONMENT: Resources, Pollution & Society	1971
Systems Studies of DDT Transport,	Science, 170, 503—508 (30 October 1970)	1970
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969	1 Environmental Law 8—33	1970
Defending the Environment	Utilizing Scientific Testimony, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH–The ATL Monograph Series	1970
Environmental Concern–The Law and Aviation	Master Planning the Aviation Environment	1970
Scientists in the Courtroom	Science and the Future of Man	1970

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Speaking Engagements

Presentation Name	Conference	Date
Global Warming: Danger and Opportunity	LIMBA Long Island Mid-Suffolk Action	2008
The Hudson: Revisiting a River of History... and Controversy	The Geoawareness Week Lecture	2005

Introduction to Geohazards: Design with Nature... or else!	grand opening lecture for Geology 101	2005
National Energy Policy: Implications for the Intermountain West	Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States Annual Meeting	2004
Judicial Ethics	New York State Continuing Judicial Education (MCJE)	2002
Development: Conflict and Consensus	Natural Resources Forum, Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists	2002
America’s Energy Future	Midyear Meeting of IOGCC, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission	2002
Leading by Example: Public Information & Education about Oil & Natural Gas	IOGCC Spring Quarterly Business Meeting	2002
Environmental Commitment: Public Perception is Really Reality	IAGC Environmental Conference, Geophysical Operations and the Environment: Perception and Reality	2002
Rational Science for Rational Policy: Geology Serving Science Through Public Communication	Geology for Public Policy, 98th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America	2002
Utilizing a National Outcome System for Resolution of Medical Legal Disputes	Pain Management: A Challenge for the New Millennium, 12th Annual Clinical Meeting, American Academy of Pain Management	2001
Must Global Terrorism Mean the End of Western Civilization and “One Nation, under God, with Liberty and Justice for All"? The Role of Science and Engineering, Scientists and Engineers	National Academies Energy Workshop	2001
Independent Producers: Are We Really the Public Enemy?	Keynote Address, 21st Annual Meeting, Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York	2001
Resume Review & Career Development	Employment Opportunities in the Geological Sciences, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting	2001
Infrared Energy and Human Physiology	Annual Meeting, American Academy of Medical Infrared Imaging	2001
Utilizing a National Outcome System for Resolution of Medical Legal Disputes	12th Annual Clinical Meeting of the Pain Management: A Challenge for the New Millennium	2001
Judicial Ethics	OCA Continuing Judicial Education (MCJE) program	2000
Deposing Experts	NYSBA CLE Program, Winning Your Case at the Deposition: Effective Tools for the Successful Litigator	2000
Review of Recent Legislation	OCA Continuing Judicial Education (MCJE) program	1999
Adjudicator (Judge)	1999 Regional Client Counseling Competition in Criminal Law	1999
Confidentiality and the Duty to Disclose	American Bar Association Annual Meeting	1998
The Bernard Edwards MD Memorial Lecture, "The Future for Infrared Mammography"	New & Innovative Use of Infrared Imaging	1997
Fraud	Forensic Issues in Pain Management	1996
Public Communications and Public Controversy	Annual Meeting Geological Society of America	1996
Saving Lives Through Applied New Medical Science: Thermomammography	Annual Meeting	1996
Technical Considerations of Infrared Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection	Annual Meeting	1996
Media Workshop	Institute for Environmental Education, Geological Society of America	1995
Public Communications for Geoscientists	Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America	1995
Toxic Exposure in the Workplace; Third-party Liability	Second Annual Workers’ Compensation Defense and Occupational Medicine Seminar	1993
Workers' Comp: A COMPlex System	, Thirty-fourth Annual Kentucky Occupational Medical Association Meeting	1993
The Agent Orange Litigation: Paradigm or Paradox; Method or Madness	Massachusetts School of Law	1992
Occupational Disease	First Annual Workers’ Compensation Defense and Occupational Medicine Seminar	1992
Workers’ Compensation Seminar	Workers’ Compensation Seminar, College of Insurance	1991
High Resolution Dynamic Digital Infrared Imaging & The Law	American Herschel Society Annual Meeting	1991
Discussion Paper: Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources	Science & Technology Round-table on Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources	1990
Siting a Regional Ashfill: Was the Process Constitutional?	Workshop on Social and Ecological Issues Raised by Incineration: Are We Asking the Right Questions?	1986
Environmental Ethics	Conference on Ethics and the Environment	1985
Agent Orange: A National Issue	Vietnam Generation: Spirituality and the Law Conference II	1984
Defendants as Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs as Defendants	Hazardous Waste Litigation Symposium	1984
Handling Toxic Torts or Cancer Claims	Handling Toxic Torts or Cancer Claims	1984
Word Processing and Litigation Support Systems in the Local Law Office	CLE Seminar, New Rochelle [NY] Bar Association	1982
The Toxic Tort Case–From Cradle to Grave	New Torts on the Horizon Seminar	1981
MDL 381 The Agent Orange Litigation: Computer Methods for Managing Complex Litigation	Melvin M. Belli Seminar Program on Computers in Trial Preparation	1981
Litigating Cancer Claims, Couirse Director	Litigating Cancer Claims Symnposium	1981
Chemical Defoliation Or Chemical Warfare?	International Regulation of Chemical and Biological Warfare Symposium	1981
Environmental Land Use Planning	Environmental Land Use Planning Seminar	1981
Agent Orange and the Veterans’ Administration	ATLA Section on Military Justice Seminar	1981
Managing Complex Litigation and Mass Toxic Tort Claims	ATLA Section on Environmental Law Seminar	1981
Liability Issues in Handling Hazardous and Low Level Nuclear Waste	ABA/ALI Conference on Land Use and Development	1981
Agent Orange and Veterans’ Health	63rd Annual Convention of the American Legion, Department of Pennsylvania	1981
Testimony on Agent Orange and Veterans’ Health	U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Hearings	1980
in re Agent Orange Products Liability Litigation	Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes	1980
Mediation, Alternative to Confrontation in Resolution of Environmental Controversy, Keynote	The Institute of Ecology, Ninth Annual Meeting, Needs for Ecological Information in Conflict Resolution	1980
Regulation: A Classic Catastrophe	Perceptions of Risk, Fifteenth Annual Meeting Anniversary Celebration of the NCRP	1979
Environmental Concerns of Eastern Long Island	Environmental Seminar, Man and His Environment	1976
Environmental Auditing and the Environmental Audit	ABA Bicentennial National Institute, Interdependence–The Law of the Environment	1976
Environment, Energy, Society, and the Law	Symposium on Energy and Society	1974
Growth Versus The Environmentï ˜The Origins of Our National Environmental Policy	Future Land Use: Energy, Environmental and Legal Constraints	1974
Chair/Moderator	National Institute on Environmental Litigation	1973
Can Real Estate Cope with Environmental Protection?	Fifth National Real Estate Investor Conference	1973
Equitable Remedies in Environmental Litigation	Environmental Litigation Clinic	1973
Defending the Environment	Project Survival	1970
Litigation–Civilization’s Alternative to War and Bloody Revolution	Earth Day	1970
Environmental Concern–The Law and Aviation	Second Annual Symposium, Master Planning the Aviation Environment	1969
Scientists in the Courtroom	Science and the Future of Man	1969
Environmental Rights & Remedies, Keynote	Plenary Session, Environmental Law, Annual Convention	1969
Ecologically Sophisticated, Environmentally Responsible, Socially Relevant, Economically Rational and Politically Feasible Legislation	Environmental Legislation and the Political Process	1969
Courts of Equity Can Protect Our Environment	Sixty-third Annual Convention, National Audubon Society	1967

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Victor John Yannacone

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