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A partner of the firm, Mr. Giuffra specializes in the trial of significant personal injury and medical malpractice actions. Tom has earned his reputation as a trial lawyer early on in his career when he obtained his first million dollar verdict when he was only four years out of law school. Tom's successes as a leading trial lawyer have continued through a combination of hard work and dedication to his clients together with outstanding skills as an advocate. Mr. Giuffra has successfully tried numerous cases representing severely injured plaintiffs to verdict throughout New York in both State and Federal Courts. Over his 17 year career, Tom's innovative approach, thorough preparation and trial of cases has led to 11 verdicts and numerous settlements in excess of one million dollars. Tom is one of the youngest trial lawyers in New York to amass such a successful record. One of his significant verdicts was for $21 million for three children who suffered lead poisoning due to the presence of lead-based paint in their apartment. This was one of the largest verdicts in the United States in 2008 as reported by the National Law Journal. Mr. Giuffra also had one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in New York State in 2009 and 2010 as reported by the New York Law Journal. During his career, Mr. Giuffra has handled cases involving medical malpractice, construction accidents, civil rights violations, product liability (including motor vehicle crashworthiness), toxic torts, admiralty, pharmaceutical mass tort litigation car accidents, premises accidents and general negligence.
Tom holds the coveted Martindale-Hubbell A/V preeminent rating which is the highest peer review rating for legal ability and ethics. For the past four years, Tom was recognized top 5% of lawyers in the New York Metropolitan Area in the New York Times edition of Super Lawyers for personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. This year Tom was honored by being elected to the National Trial Lawyers as one of the 100 top trial lawyers in New York and among the best plaintiff's attorneys in the United States. The National Trial Lawyers is an organization of America's top trial lawyers. Membership is by invitation only and "is limited only to those individuals who exemplify superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership in their respective state." In recognition of Mr. Giuffra's achievements as a trial attorney, he was appointed to and serves on the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. His successes have resulted in his appointment to the Highest Panel of the Legal Referral Service of the New York City Bar Association. He was also appointed to and serves on the Medical Malpractice Committee of The New York City Bar Association.
In addition, Mr. Giuffra is an expert legal commentator and has appeared on "Primetime Justice" and "Court T.V. Live" regarding product liability actions. He also figured prominently in the Dutch documentary entitled "Claiming Justice" regarding U.S. personal injury litigation. Mr. Giuffra has also lectured on trial advocacy techniques.
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