$ 300-1750 per hour
Victor John Yannacone
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Contingency
15%-34%
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Licensed in New York for 66 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1959
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Location
Yannacone & Yannacone, PC
PO Box 109, Patchogue, NY, 11772-0109
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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...
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Experience
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 ArtsCoFounder, Chairman Emeritus
1969 - Present
International Council of Environmental LawCharter 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 SectionFounder and Chair, Environmental Law Committee
1969 - 1971
American Trial Lawyers AssociationCo-Founder & Co-Chair, Environmental Law Committee
1967 - 1969
Environmental Defense FundCo-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
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