Victor John Yannacone

Victor John Yannacone

5.0
Rating: 9.3

Licensed for 66 years

Litigation Lawyer at Patchogue, NY
Practice Areas: Litigation, Environmental and Natural Resources, Workers Compensation ... +7 more

PO Box 109, Patchogue, NY

About Victor

Biography

Practice Areas

10

Practice Areas

Litigation 55%

Representing plaintiffs and a limited number of selected defendants in federal courts throughout the country and the courts of the state of New York.

67 years

55%
Environmental and Natural Resources 15%

Evaluation of environmental impact assessments and litigation over the damage to the environment — the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the diverse populations of plants and animals upon which the quality of human life on earth depends.

57 years

15%
Business 10%

Counseling large and small business and not-for-profit organizations on issues of corporate governance, risk avoidance, crisis management, and international trade and finance.

67 years

10%
Workers Compensation 10%

Representing injured workers and the victims of occupational disease. Extensive experience and special competence in litigating issues of complex medical causation in cases of exposure to toxic substances and hazardous materials.

67 years | 9,654 cases

10%
Energy and Utilities 5%

Counseling and litigation involving complex environmental issues associated with fossil fuels, alternative energy sources, and climate change. Extensive experience and special competence in Environmental Systems Science, the Earth Sciences and the public health aspects of electrical energy generation and distribution.

57 years

5%
Class Action 1%

Lead Counsel for the American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand combat veterans who were victims of exposure to dioxin contaminated herbicides used as chemical defoliants during the War in Southeast Asia.

64 years | 15 cases

1%
Land Use and Zoning 1%

Counseling and litigation of complex issues involving land use planning and resource management. Drafting of and advocacy for ecologically sophisticated, environmentally responsible, economically rational, socially relevant and politically acceptable land use legislation and resource management policies.

67 years

1%
Life Sciences and Biotechnology 1%

Counseling inventors, entrepreneurs, business and not-for-profit organizations on complex issues involving disputes over intellectual property rights, general liability issues, and regulatory concerns.

67 years

1%
Medical Malpractice 1%

Investigation, evaluation, and trial of complex medical malpractice and hospital liability claims.

67 years | 40 cases

1%
Venture Capital 1%

Due diligence counseling, investigation, and evaluation in the areas of life sciences, biotechnology, medical electronics, information technology, and communications.

57 years

1%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 300-1750 per hour

Contingency

15%-34%

Retainer

Sometimes


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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 66 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1959

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Yannacone & Yannacone, PC

PO Box 109, Patchogue, NY, 11772-0109

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Posted by anonymous | December 14, 2016

Very kind, and knowledgeable attorney.

I received a call from this attorney after putting an inquiry on the internet. He was very kind to reply. He told me things that I needed to know about my case. Great man.

Posted by eric h | May 12, 2013 | Workers Compensation

gets his job done with a smile and u will love his way of thinking very honest

mr y is one of the most trusted person i know. he steps up to the plate to do his very best for u. his son jr is also a great man they are loyal to there customers and this man knows right from wrong. i have been using them for a long long time. gets his words across to u in plain English. he is t...he best workers comp lawyer i trust his firm as the best in long island and he proves it to u

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Experience

Rating:  9.3 (Superb)

Honors

2005

Chairman Emeritus, Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts

1992

Man of the Year, Long Island Advance

1982

“...exemplary legal service to Vietnam Veterans. ..., Agent Orange Victims International

1974

Certificate of Appreciation, American Bar Association Section of Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law

1969

National Distinguished Service Conservation Award, The National Wildlife Federation

Work Experience

1994 - 2002

Village Justice, Incorporated Village of Patchogue, NY

Associations

1998 - Present

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts

CoFounder, Chairman Emeritus

1969 - Present

International Council of Environmental Law

Charter Member

1952 - Present

Associated Musicians of Greater NY, Local 802 AF/M

2004 - 2008

Geological Society of America (GSA)

Section X Representative to AAAS

2002 - 2007

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

Vice Chair, Public Outreach Committee

1970 - 1974

American Bar Association, INCL Section

Founder and Chair, Environmental Law Committee

1969 - 1971

American Trial Lawyers Association

Co-Founder & Co-Chair, Environmental Law Committee

1967 - 1969

Environmental Defense Fund

Co-Founder, Counsel

Sample of Legal Cases

MDL 381 in re Agent Orange

Class Action Settlement

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

Quashed subpoena for raw scientific data.

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

Injunction granted

Bloom v. Property Owners Association of Port Jefferson

Plaintiff discontinued suit

in re Incorporation of the Village of Port Jefferson

Incorporation of the Village of Port Jefferson, NY

Freeholders & Commonalty of the Town of Brookhaven v. Acker, et. al.

Settled

Trustees of the Freeholders & Commonalty of the Town of Brookhaven v. Incorporated Village of Oldfield

Declaratory Judgment granted

Carol A. Yannacone v. Associated Universities; Brookhaven National Laboratory

Claim established; award to claimant

Carol A. Yannacone v. Associated Universities; Brookhaven National Laboratory

Claim established; award to claimant

Mouette v. SS Zeeliner

Recovery of damages

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Speaking Engagements

2008

LIMBA Long Island Mid-Suffolk Action

Global Warming: Danger and Opportunity

2005

The Geoawareness Week Lecture

The Hudson: Revisiting a River of History... and Controversy

2005

grand opening lecture for Geology 101

Introduction to Geohazards: Design with Nature... or else!

2004

Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States Annual Meeting

National Energy Policy: Implications for the Intermountain West

2002

New York State Continuing Judicial Education (MCJE)

Judicial Ethics

2002

Natural Resources Forum, Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Development: Conflict and Consensus

2002

Midyear Meeting of IOGCC, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission

America’s Energy Future

2002

IOGCC Spring Quarterly Business Meeting

Leading by Example: Public Information & Education about Oil & Natural Gas

2002

IAGC Environmental Conference, Geophysical Operations and the Environment: Perception and Reality

Environmental Commitment: Public Perception is Really Reality

2002

Geology for Public Policy, 98th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of America

Rational Science for Rational Policy: Geology Serving Science Through Public Communication

2001

Pain Management: A Challenge for the New Millennium, 12th Annual Clinical Meeting, American Academy of Pain Management

Utilizing a National Outcome System for Resolution of Medical Legal Disputes

2001

National Academies Energy Workshop

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

2001

Keynote Address, 21st Annual Meeting, Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York

Independent Producers: Are We Really the Public Enemy?

2001

Employment Opportunities in the Geological Sciences, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

Resume Review & Career Development

2001

Annual Meeting, American Academy of Medical Infrared Imaging

Infrared Energy and Human Physiology

2001

12th Annual Clinical Meeting of the Pain Management: A Challenge for the New Millennium

Utilizing a National Outcome System for Resolution of Medical Legal Disputes

2000

OCA Continuing Judicial Education (MCJE) program

Judicial Ethics

2000

NYSBA CLE Program, Winning Your Case at the Deposition: Effective Tools for the Successful Litigator

Deposing Experts

1999

OCA Continuing Judicial Education (MCJE) program

Review of Recent Legislation

1999

1999 Regional Client Counseling Competition in Criminal Law

Adjudicator (Judge)

1998

American Bar Association Annual Meeting

Confidentiality and the Duty to Disclose

1997

New & Innovative Use of Infrared Imaging

The Bernard Edwards MD Memorial Lecture, "The Future for Infrared Mammography"

1996

Forensic Issues in Pain Management

Fraud

1996

Annual Meeting Geological Society of America

Public Communications and Public Controversy

1996

Annual Meeting

Saving Lives Through Applied New Medical Science: Thermomammography

1996

Annual Meeting

Technical Considerations of Infrared Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection

1995

Institute for Environmental Education, Geological Society of America

Media Workshop

1995

Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America

Public Communications for Geoscientists

1993

Second Annual Workers’ Compensation Defense and Occupational Medicine Seminar

Toxic Exposure in the Workplace; Third-party Liability

1993

, Thirty-fourth Annual Kentucky Occupational Medical Association Meeting

Workers' Comp: A COMPlex System

1992

Massachusetts School of Law

The Agent Orange Litigation: Paradigm or Paradox; Method or Madness

1992

First Annual Workers’ Compensation Defense and Occupational Medicine Seminar

Occupational Disease

1991

Workers’ Compensation Seminar, College of Insurance

Workers’ Compensation Seminar

1991

American Herschel Society Annual Meeting

High Resolution Dynamic Digital Infrared Imaging & The Law

1990

Science & Technology Round-table on Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources

Discussion Paper: Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources

1986

Workshop on Social and Ecological Issues Raised by Incineration: Are We Asking the Right Questions?

Siting a Regional Ashfill: Was the Process Constitutional?

1985

Conference on Ethics and the Environment

Environmental Ethics

1984

Vietnam Generation: Spirituality and the Law Conference II

Agent Orange: A National Issue

1984

Hazardous Waste Litigation Symposium

Defendants as Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs as Defendants

1984

Handling Toxic Torts or Cancer Claims

Handling Toxic Torts or Cancer Claims

1982

CLE Seminar, New Rochelle [NY] Bar Association

Word Processing and Litigation Support Systems in the Local Law Office

1981

New Torts on the Horizon Seminar

The Toxic Tort Case–From Cradle to Grave

1981

Melvin M. Belli Seminar Program on Computers in Trial Preparation

MDL 381 The Agent Orange Litigation: Computer Methods for Managing Complex Litigation

1981

Litigating Cancer Claims Symnposium

Litigating Cancer Claims, Couirse Director

1981

International Regulation of Chemical and Biological Warfare Symposium

Chemical Defoliation Or Chemical Warfare?

1981

Environmental Land Use Planning Seminar

Environmental Land Use Planning

1981

ATLA Section on Military Justice Seminar

Agent Orange and the Veterans’ Administration

1981

ATLA Section on Environmental Law Seminar

Managing Complex Litigation and Mass Toxic Tort Claims

1981

ABA/ALI Conference on Land Use and Development

Liability Issues in Handling Hazardous and Low Level Nuclear Waste

1981

63rd Annual Convention of the American Legion, Department of Pennsylvania

Agent Orange and Veterans’ Health

1980

U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Hearings

Testimony on Agent Orange and Veterans’ Health

1980

Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes

in re Agent Orange Products Liability Litigation

1980

The Institute of Ecology, Ninth Annual Meeting, Needs for Ecological Information in Conflict Resolution

Mediation, Alternative to Confrontation in Resolution of Environmental Controversy, Keynote

1979

Perceptions of Risk, Fifteenth Annual Meeting Anniversary Celebration of the NCRP

Regulation: A Classic Catastrophe

1976

Environmental Seminar, Man and His Environment

Environmental Concerns of Eastern Long Island

1976

ABA Bicentennial National Institute, Interdependence–The Law of the Environment

Environmental Auditing and the Environmental Audit

1974

Symposium on Energy and Society

Environment, Energy, Society, and the Law

1974

Future Land Use: Energy, Environmental and Legal Constraints

Growth Versus The Environmentï ˜The Origins of Our National Environmental Policy

1973

National Institute on Environmental Litigation

Chair/Moderator

1973

Fifth National Real Estate Investor Conference

Can Real Estate Cope with Environmental Protection?

1973

Environmental Litigation Clinic

Equitable Remedies in Environmental Litigation

1970

Project Survival

Defending the Environment

1970

Earth Day

Litigation–Civilization’s Alternative to War and Bloody Revolution

1969

Second Annual Symposium, Master Planning the Aviation Environment

Environmental Concern–The Law and Aviation

1969

Science and the Future of Man

Scientists in the Courtroom

1969

Plenary Session, Environmental Law, Annual Convention

Environmental Rights & Remedies, Keynote

1969

Environmental Legislation and the Political Process

Ecologically Sophisticated, Environmentally Responsible, Socially Relevant, Economically Rational and Politically Feasible Legislation

1967

Sixty-third Annual Convention, National Audubon Society

Courts of Equity Can Protect Our Environment

Publications

2005

The Actual Impacts of Oil and Gas Exploration and Development On Our Environment Energy and Environment: A Partnership That Works;

2002

Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Sixth Edition, (American Academy of Pain Management/CRC Press) Infrared Photon Stimulation: A New Form of Chronic Pain Therapy,

2002

Sustainability of Energy and Water Through the 21 Century Water and Energy, the Basis for Human Society: Are They Globally Sustainable Through the 21 Century?

2001

Explorer The Public Lands,

1999

Environmental Geosciences Science, Ethics, and Scientific Ethics in the Modern World,

1997

The Recorder It’s Time to Raise the Bar

1996

Newsday “Ill Gulf War Veterans Deserve Help Now,” “Viewpoints” OpEd

1996

Long Island Business News “...LI’s economic health depends on public safety...,”

1996

Long Island Business News “...we must make changes in the public school system...,” Long Island Business News, “Speaking Out” “...we must make changes in the public school system...,”

1993

Risk & Insurance Another Opinion of Legal Time Billing,

1986

Kent's Mechanical Engineers’ Handbook Engineers’ Liability

1982

International Regulation of Chemical and Biological Warfare Symposium, Chemical Defoliation or Chemical Warfare?

1981

The Urban Lawyer reprinted in The Land Use Awakening: Zoning Law in the Seventies Impact Zoning: Alterna- tive to Exclusion in the Suburbs,

1978

South Dakota Law Review Property and Stewardship: Private Property + Public Interest = Social Property,

1976

Environmental Law: Practice and Procedure Handbook Environmental Auditing

1975

Future land Use: Energy, environmental and legal constraints The Origins of Our National Environmental Policy

1975

The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering Environmental Law

1975

North Dakota Law Review Agricultural Lands, Fertile Soils, Popular Sovereignty, The Trust Doctrine, Environmental Impact Assessment and the Natural Law

1974

The Energy Crisis The Energy Crisis

1974

Proceedings: Symposium on Energy and Society Environment, Energy, Society and the Law

1974

Planning, Environmental Science, Aviation The Environment and the Law

1974

The Forum Environmental Law

1973

Environmental Science, Technology, Information Resources Environmental Litigation as a Source of Environmental Information

1973

Examination of Medical Experts II Cross-Examination of a Cardiologist to Establish Causal Relationship Between Death and Work Activity

1972

National Environmental Information Symposium: An Agenda for Progress, Volume 2 Law, Legislation and Regulation

1972

Environmental Rights & Remedies, 2 Volumes Environmental Rights & Remedies

1972

Trial Lawyers Quarterly Children or Chattels?

1971

ENVIRONMENT: Resources, Pollution & Society Environment and the Law

1971

Proceedings of the Geological Society of America / National Association of Geology Teachers, 1971 Annual Meeting How Much Geology is Relevant to an Eighteen Year Old Voter?

1970

1 Environmental Law 8—33 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

1970

Science and the Future of Man Scientists in the Courtroom

1970

Master Planning the Aviation Environment Environmental Concern–The Law and Aviation

1970

Utilizing Scientific Testimony, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH–The ATL Monograph Series Defending the Environment

1970

Science, 170, 503—508 (30 October 1970) Systems Studies of DDT Transport,

Languages

English

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