Matt Schultz Levin Papantonio 316 South Baylen St. Pensacola, FL 32502 Email Year Joined Law Firm 2004 Present Position with Law Firm Shareholder Bar Admissions Florida U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida U.S. District Court District of New Mexico U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit Areas of Practice Complex Individual & Class Actions Human Trafficking Mass Torts Litigation Tobacco Litigation Representative Cases Martin vs. RJR et al. ($30 million jury verdict) Gray vs. RJR et al. ($9.2 million jury verdict) Ward vs. RJR et al. ($2.7 million jury verdict) Guy vs. Roads Inc. of NW Florida ($4.25 million jury verdict) Danielson v. PM USA Inc. ($2.9 million jury verdict) Current & Former Judicial Appointments Plaintiffs’ Leadership Committee (Co-Lead Counsel), MDL 3051, In re ARC Airbags Inflators Products Liability Litig. (N.D. Ga. – Hon. Eleanor L. Ross) Plaintiffs’ Steering Cmte., Discovery Co-Chair, MDL No. 2913, In re: JUUL Labs, Inc., Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liability Litig. (N.D. Cal. – Hon. William H. Orrick) Plaintiffs’ Steering Cmte. & Plaintiffs’ Executive Cmte., MDL No. 2816, In re: Sorin 3T Heater Cooler System (W.D. Pa. – Hon. John E. Jones, III) Plaintiffs’ Executive Cmte & Plaintiffs’ Oversight Cmte., Co-Chair, Expert Cmte., MDL No. 2695, In re: Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. Marketing and Sales Practices Litig. (D.N.M. – Hon. James O. Browning) Plaintiffs’ Steering Cmte., Plaintiffs’ Discovery Liaison & Bellwether Trial Counsel, MDL No. 2570, In re: Cook Medical, Inc. IVC Filters, Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litig. (S.D. Ind. – Hon. Richard L. Young) Plaintiffs’ Steering Cmte., MDL No. 2641, In re: Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litig. (D. Ariz. – Hon. David G. Campbell) Plaintiffs’ Leadership Cmte., Class Counsel & Bellwether Trial Counsel (MRGO PSLC), In re: Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litig., Case No. 05-4182 (E.D. La. – Hon. Stanwood R. Duval, Jr.) Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel for all Engle Progeny Tobacco Cases, 2007–present (Fla. 1st Jud. Cir. – Hon. Terry Terrell) Prior Employment Hon. Robert L. Hinkle, U.S. District Judge Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee, Law Clerk Published Works Senior Writer, The American Trial Lawyer Equitable Repudiation: Toward a Doctrine of Fallible Perfection in Statutory Interpretation, 29 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 303, 2001 Bad Faith or No Faith? Finding a Place for Wrongful Refusal to Defend In Florida’s Bad Faith Jurisprudence, 29 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 1389, 2002 Pulling Skeletons from the Closet: A Look Into the Work-Product Doctrine as Applied to Expert Witnesses, 31 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 67, 2003 Education Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 2002 Honors: Graduated With Highest Honors Honors: Board Member, FSU College of Law ACLU Honors: Meritorious Service Award for his service to the Law Review Honors: Order of the Coif Honors: 14 Book Awards Honors: Law Review: FSU Law Review, Senior Articles Editor B.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 1992 Major: History B.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 1993 Honors: With Honors Major: Paralegal
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