Thomas Moore
About Thomas Moore
Thomas A. Moore is a senior partner at Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore and has been recognized by the National Law Journal as Lawyer of the Year twice. He has won 95 trials with verdicts exceeding $1 million and negotiated settlements for clients totaling over $1 billion. In 2014, American Legal Media announced its Medical Malpractice Hall of Fame, and Moore had four of the top 25 cases, more than any other attorney, including the second- and third-largest verdicts in New York history. Moore is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and a member of the International Society of Barristers. He co-authors a regular column for the New York Law Journal with partner Matthew Gaier and co-wrote leading legal textbooks on medical malpractice and trial practice. He has endowed a chair in Trial Advocacy at Fordham Law School and received Fordham University's Founder's Award in 2014. Moore was raised in Waterford, Ireland, and came to the United States at age 17.
Notable case results
In Applewhite v. Accuhealth, Inc. (anaphylactic reaction, special duty established against NYC Fire Department EMTs)
Upheld in Desiderio v. New York Hospital, the largest single-plaintiff judgment in New York history at the time
In Klupchak v. First East Village Associates (paraplegic injury from illegal fire escape)
In Reilly v. St. Charles Hospital after retrial (neurological birth injury)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
