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A longtime partner of renowned trial lawyer Paul J. Hanly Jr., who died last month, took over Tuesday as a lead plaintiffs attorney in multidistrict opioid litigation and expressed optimism about progress with trials and settlement talks.
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Paul J. Hanly Jr., shareholder with top asbestos firm Simmons Hanly Conroy, died May 22 at his home after a battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Hanly, 70, is remembered as an accomplished litigator after a 40-year career.
“There are no words to fully capture what the legal community has lost or the impact he had on our lives, especially my own. It will be Paul’s magnanimous spirit, his championing of his clients and colleagues, and his unflinching kindness and decency that will live on in the hearts and minds of all fortunate enough to have known him,” said Jayne Conroy in a tribute by Hanly’s firm Simmons Hanly Conroy. Conroy has been Hanly’s law partner for more than 30 years.
Hanly of Simmons Hanly Conroy dies
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Paul J. Hanly, Jr., 70, of Simmons Hanly Conroy, died Saturday morning at his home after a months-long battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer.
NEW YORK Paul J. Hanly, Jr., 70, of Simmons Hanly Conroy, died Saturday, May 20, at his home after a months-long battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare and aggressive disease.
“There are no words to fully capture what the legal community has lost or the impact he had on our lives, especially my own,” said Jayne Conroy, his law partner of more than 30 years. “It will be Paul’s magnanimous spirit, his championing of his clients and colleagues, and his unflinching kindness and decency that will live on in the hearts and minds of all fortunate enough to have known him.”
His ongoing litigation against companies that produced and distributed the painkillers that have fueled the epidemic of opioid addiction, was one of the most sprawling legal actions in U.S. history.