Personal Injury & Mass Tort Law

 SHANNON PENNOCK has dedicated her law practice to helping those  wrongfully injured seek justice and accountability.  To this end,  Shannon advocates for her clients in both state and federal venues.   Shannon currently represents personal injury clients in state and  federal court, and is also actively involved in national pharmaceutical  and environmental litigations.  In addition to her work advocating for  injured tort victims, Shannon is proud to have successfully advocated  and attained political asylum on behalf of her clients who have sought  political asylum here in the United States.

Shannon has been involved in several pharmaceutical and environmental  mass tort litigations involving thousands of people who were severely  injured by either a defective device, drug or chemical exposure.  Shannon was part of a national team of lawyers that secured a  $671 million settlement on behalf of clients severely injured by a  chemical that had contaminated the Ohio River.  In addition to this, Shannon is a member of the Plaintiff's Steering Committee for the  In re Proton-Pump Inhibitor litigation and was also part of the  In re Eliquis  Steering Committee.  She has been involved in numerous pharmaceutical  trials and litigations including, among others, In re Fosamax, In re Actos, In re Accutane and In re Vioxx.  Recently, Shannon appeared as trial co-counsel in the Hernia Mesh MDL in the Southern District of Ohio which was successful in holding Defendants liable for a negligently designed hernia mesh product. 

Prior to starting her own practice, Shannon was with the prestigious  firm of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison, where she was an  associate in the Corporate Restructuring Practice.  Shannon left Paul  Weiss to start a firm that would be dedicated to helping wrongfully  injured people find justice and accountability.

Shannon graduated from Brooklyn Law School with honors and while at  Brooklyn, Shannon was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review, and wrote her  Law Review Note on the topic of mass tort complex litigation and the  potential judicial tools presented by the All Writs Act.  Shannon also  pursued her passion for advocacy as a member of the Brooklyn Moot Court  Honor Society.  Shannon was honored for her academic achievements at  Brooklyn Law School being selected as a Barry L. Zaretsky Fellow, a  Carswell Merit Scholar, and Recipient of the Stuart and Anita Subotnick  Foundation Endowed Scholarship, in addition to making Dean’s List.

During law school Shannon had the great privilege of interning for  two United States District Court judges in the Eastern District of New  York, the Honorable Nina Gershon and the Honorable Brian Cogan.

Shannon originally hails from Austin, Texas, and attended the  University of Texas for her undergraduate studies where she was part of  the University’s Liberal Arts Honors Program.  Shannon received her  Bachelor of Arts in Humanities with honors and wrote an honors thesis  that explored the intersecting boundaries of law and science as they  relate to the bioethics of genetic testing and procreation.  Shannon was  also a proud member of the Texas Mock Trial Team.

Shannon is actively involved in the legal community and is a Supporting Fellow of the Pound Civil Justice Institute and an active member of the American Association for Justice, the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, and the New Jersey Association for Justice.

Shannon regularly writes and speaks on topics related to the practice of law and mass tort complex litigation.

•      United States Supreme Court
•     United States District Court, Southern District of New York
•     United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
•     United States District Court, District of New Jersey
•     New York
•     New Jersey