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The firm is proud to announce that Partner Stephen Murphy has been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers®, for the category Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in New York City. The awards are bestowed annually to one distinguished...
For the twelfth year in a row, Block O’Toole & Murphy has achieved multiple top results in the New York Law Journal’s 2020 report on the Top Verdicts and Settlements. Usually, the publication recognizes the top results in New York State alone, but this year they...
Partner David Scher recently started a new position as Second Vice President with the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA). After one year serving as Parliamentarian, he was installed as Second Vice President on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at NYSTLA’s 54th...
Partner David Scher shared his labor law expertise when he taught a continuing legal education (CLE) course on January 7, 2020, focusing on strategies for pleading a construction accident case. His lecture was part of a larger seminar presented by the New York State...
Block O'Toole & Murphy is again proud to be ranked as one of America's "Best Law Firms" in 2020, compiled collaboratively by the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. The firm has been regionally recognized in New York City as a Tier 1 law firm in two...
Trial attorney Ameer Benno taught a continuing legal education (CLE) course on handling unjust conviction cases on Oct. 22, 2019, at the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA). The course was titled "Litigating Unjust Conviction Cases in New York", a...
SEATED (left to right): David Scher*, Scott Occhiogrosso*, Stephen Murphy*, Jeffrey Block*, Daniel O'Toole*, Joseph Donahue* STANDING (left to right): Ravi Sattiraju†, Frederick Aranki*, Pawel Wierzbicki, Michael Hurwitz*, Ameer Benno*, Christina (Mark) Mercado**,...
For the seventh year in a row, personal injury law firm Block O'Toole & Murphy dominated in the New York Law Journal's 2018 Top Settlements report. Four of the Top 10 settlements were achieved by the firm, in addition to seven of the Top 15, eight of the Top 20,...
Partner Stephen J. Murphy was recently interviewed by CNN's Chris Cuomo for the TV show "Inside Evil," regarding a murder case that Mr. Murphy handled in his time as a homicide prosecutor for the Brooklyn District Attorney. The subject of the show was John J. Lennon,...
Partner Daniel P. O'Toole was proud to be honored with the University of Scranton's Frank J. O'Hara Distinguished Alumni award in recognition of his extensive philanthropic work and his record-breaking successes as a premier personal injury trial attorney. The award...
