EPISODE 30: COREY STERN

EPISODE OVERVIEW

The Flint drinking water contamination began in April 2014 and almost six years later, the plaintiffs have not seen one cent of financial compensation from the city, the state, or the private contractors that contributed to the dire situation. For over three years, Corey Stern has been representing more than 2500 children who were poisoned by Flint drinking water and he joins us to discuss his role in the case, what drives and centers him during such long and taxing work, and how he responds to society's changing attitudes towards lawyers on both sides of litigation.

Interviewers: Jim Rohner and Jonathan Williams

ABOUT COREY STERN

Corey is currently a partner at Levy Konigsberg LLP and Lead Counsel in the Genesee County Circuit Court, and Liaison Counsel in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan for all plaintiffs in the Flint Water Litigation. He's had a lifelong passion for serving the least of these, especially children who have been injured due to negligence or abuse. In addition to his involvement in Flint, he's also filed action against Bill de Blasio and the NYC Housing Authority for failures around  inspections of 178,000 public housing apartments for lead-based paint.