What Block O'Toole & Murphy does

Block O'Toole & Murphy is a privately-held personal injury law firm organized as a New York limited liability partnership and headquartered at 1 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. Founded in 1989, the firm represents individuals who have suffered serious injuries due to the negligence of other parties, with a service area covering all five New York City boroughs and the entirety of New York State, including Long Island, Westchester County, and Upstate New York. The firm concentrates its practice exclusively on personal injury and related tort litigation, organized across service areas for motor vehicle, construction, premises liability, wrongful death, and medical malpractice matters, and operates on a contingency-fee basis with no upfront costs to clients.

The firm's primary service is legal representation in personal injury cases, including case evaluation, pre-suit negotiation, expert and investigator engagement, and trial litigation. Resources are pooled to retain top medical, accident-reconstruction, and economic experts on a per-case basis, with at least two attorneys assigned to each matter and caseloads deliberately limited to preserve individualized attention. The firm has recovered over $2 billion for clients across its history and cites 300+ individual case results exceeding $1 million since 2012, per ALM's Verdict Search, more than any other New York firm in that period. Signature results include a $110,174,972 jury verdict in 2019, a $65 million settlement in 2024, and a $32,756,156 verdict that stands as the largest negligence result in Long Island history.

Block O'Toole & Murphy operates a sales-led and direct-to-consumer go-to-market model. Client acquisition is driven by a multi-channel presence including an SEO-optimized website with multilingual landing pages (English, Spanish, Polish), active social media channels (Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, LinkedIn), earned media coverage in major New York outlets, and a high-volume attorney-to-attorney referral network across New York. The firm has 20+ attorneys, multiple of whom hold Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Rising Stars, and National Trial Lawyers designations, with two partners serving as adjunct professors at St. John's University School of Law and the firm's senior partner serving as a past president of NYSTLA (2023-2024). The firm is privately held by its partners with no disclosed external ownership, institutional investment, or operating subsidiaries.

Name

Block O'Toole & Murphy

Legal name

Block O'Toole & Murphy LLP

Website

https://blockotoole.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Block O'Toole & Murphy is a New York-based personal injury law firm representing injured individuals on a contingency-fee basis across motor vehicle, construction, premises liability, wrongful death, and medical malpractice matters throughout New York State.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Other Legal Services (54119), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Construction accident litigation
• Motor vehicle accident representation
• Medical malpractice advocacy
• Wrongful death claims

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee - Personal Injury Cases: Block O'Toole & Murphy operates on a contingency fee basis for personal injury cases. The firm does not collect any money unless they win the case for the client. This is standard for personal injury law firms where clients are typically unable to pay upfront legal fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Block O'Toole & Murphy is a New York personal injury law firm that represents individuals injured by negligence across practice areas including car, truck, bus, pedestrian, motorcycle, construction, workplace, premises liability, wrongful death, and medical malpractice cases. The firm accepts cases on a contingency-fee basis with no upfront cost to clients, provides free no-obligation consultations, and assigns at least two attorneys per case while limiting caseload to preserve quality.

Product overview

Block O'Toole & Murphy is a premier personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services through a unified platform of practice areas. The firm provides legal representation exclusively for personal injury victims across New York State, with no separate software products or modules. Services are delivered through nine interconnected practice areas: Personal Injury Legal Services (core), Construction Accident Legal Services, Motor Vehicle Accident Legal Services, Bus Accident Legal Services, Truck Accident Legal Services, Pedestrian Accident Legal Services, Medical Malpractice Legal Services, Wrongful Death Legal Services, and Premises Liability Legal Services. The firm operates on a contingency fee basis with free initial consultations, serving clients throughout New York City boroughs and all of New York State.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Services Comprehensive legal representation for personal injury victims, including case evaluation, negotiation, and trial litigation; free initial consultations and contingency fee arrangements.
• Motor Vehicle Accident Legal Services Legal representation for car, truck, and bus accident victims; covers no-fault insurance claims, serious injury threshold cases, and multi-vehicle collisions.
• Truck Accident Legal Services Legal representation for victims of accidents involving commercial trucks, delivery vehicles, and tractor-trailers; handles FMCSA regulations and liability analysis.
• Bus Accident Legal Services Legal representation for victims of MTA, school bus, and private bus accidents, including cases involving municipal liability and joint/several liability issues.
• Pedestrian Accident Legal Services Legal representation for pedestrians injured by vehicles, including cases involving comparative negligence and no-fault insurance claims.
• Construction Accident Legal Services Legal representation for construction workers injured on job sites, including falls from heights, falling objects, scaffolding accidents, and machinery incidents; covers Labor Law 240, 241, and 200 claims.
• Premises Liability Legal Services Legal representation for victims injured on dangerous or defective property conditions, including slip and fall accidents, wet floors, and building hazards.
• Wrongful Death Legal Services Legal representation for families of deceased victims caused by negligence, including auto accidents, work accidents, and other fatal incidents.
• Medical Malpractice Legal Services Legal representation for victims of medical negligence, including surgical errors, failure to diagnose, birth injuries, and medication errors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $2 Billion Recovered for Clients
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Sanders Firm: New York personal injury and medical malpractice firm with similar plaintiff-side practice, results-driven branding, and contingency fee model.
• Greenstein & Milbauer, LLP: New York personal injury firm with similar contingency-fee plaintiff practice covering construction, motor vehicle, and premises liability cases for individual clients.
• Hach & Rose, LLP: Manhattan-based personal injury firm with overlapping practice areas (construction, motor vehicle, premises liability) and a similar trial-ready reputation in the NY plaintiff bar.
• Pazer, Epstein, Jaffe & Fein, P.C. NYC plaintiff trial firm with comparable record-verdict positioning in personal injury, medical malpractice, and construction accident litigation.
• Gair Gair Conason Rubinowitz Bloom Hershenhorn Steigman & Callahan: Long-established New York personal injury and medical malpractice firm with a comparable record-verdict-driven brand and similar contingency fee model serving plaintiffs across NY.
• Leandros A. Vrionedes, P.C. NYC personal injury trial firm with comparable high-value verdict record and contingency-based plaintiff representation.
• Law Office of Michael S. Lamonsoff: NYC personal injury firm with a similar results-marketed brand, contingency fee model, and concentration in serious injury and motor vehicle cases.
• Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin LLP: NYC plaintiff personal injury firm handling catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, and product liability with a comparable high-stakes trial practice and partner-led model.

Broad incumbents

• Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. Large NYC plaintiff firm with broader portfolio (mass tort, asbestos, personal injury) competing for the same high-value catastrophic injury caseload as Block O'Toole & Murphy.
• Cellino & Barnes (successor firms): Once-dominant NY personal injury brand; while now fragmented, the successor firms represent the broader mass-market plaintiff PI peer set competing for similar case categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BlockOToole
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiBwNe8dswfdtjdw_Jk1jLg
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Law-Offices-of-Block-OToole-Murphy/205117332862015
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/block-o'toole-&-murphy-llp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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