Lead Counsel in Flint Michigan Water Crisis and Achieving a $600+ Million Settlement, Finding Your Unique Talent and State of the UGA Football Program with Corey Stern

Corey Stern is a partner at the New York based law firm of Levy Konigsberg where he works on environmental cases with a focus on children’s right. Corey received a random call from a woman in a homeless shelter about dirty water so he dug in and that started him down a path that has led him to be Lead Counsel in the Flint Michigan Water Crisis case where he currently represents over 10,000 families/children who have been effected from contaminants in the city drinking water. Corey recently orchestrated a $600+ million settlement against the State of Michigan and is currently involved in additional litigation with other entities involved in the crisis. Corey just finished a 7 month bellwether trial that will help set the stage for the remainder of this ongoing litigation. I first met Corey over 20 years ago in Athens, GA. Corey is also a “Double Dawg” – graduate of UGA undergrad and UGA Law School and we talk about the connections he made at Law School and how it has shaped his legal career. Corey discusses why he took his first job out of Law School clerking for a judge and how that helped steer him on a path to representing Plaintiffs in personal injury cases to starting his own law firm to moving his family to New York for his current job. Corey is a tireless worker and advocate for those who have been harmed because of environmental issues and consistently holds those accountable who causes these problems. Aside from this Flint Michigan litigation, Corey has cases going in Mississippi and New York dealing with similar water contamination issues. Corey is a die hard Georgia Bulldog Football fan so we of course we spend time talking about the state of the program and prospects towards repeating as champions. Corey is also a die hard New York Mets fan so we take his temperature of the state of the club. Corey can be found at https://www.levylaw.com/our-team/corey-m-stern/. This episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – www.jsteinlawfirm.com .