Gun Violence Prevention Efforts

We are deeply committed to combating the gun violence epidemic.

• In February 2022, members of the Paul, Weiss community played a key role in the landmark $73 million settlement with the estate of Remington Arms Co. LLC, the manufacturer of the Bushmaster AR-15 military assault rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The settlement ends a seven-year legal battle in a wrongful death class action against the gunmaker filed by the families of certain Sandy Hook victims.
• In October 2023, Paul, Weiss won a further major victory on behalf of families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the bankruptcy proceeding of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled that Jones cannot use his bankruptcy to discharge $1.1 billion in previously awarded damages he owes to the Sandy Hook families for defamation and emotional distress.
• Together with Romanucci & Blandin, LLC and Everytown Law, we filed several lawsuits in Illinois state court on behalf of victims of the deadly July 4, 2022 mass shooting in Highland Park. Our complaints allege that Smith & Wesson intentionally markets its rifles to “disturbed young men” who have time and again been the perpetrators of mass shootings.
• Led by our chairman Brad Karp and partner Chris Boehning, in December 2016 we took the lead role in forming the Firearms Accountability Task Force (FACT), an unprecedented effort by leading gun violence prevention organizations and law firms to use affirmative litigation to confront this national issue. In 2017, we worked with FACT on developing broad-ranging, innovative litigation strategies while continuing to advocate nationally on the issue.