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Attorney Profile

Anthony H. Gair

Anthony Gair

Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz
80 Pine Street, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10005

New York

New York (NY)

Contact Contact Anthony H. Gair
T: 212-943-1090
F: 212-425-7513

Visit: www.gairgair.com
Practice Areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (60%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (40%)

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice

Profile

Partner at the New York Personal Injury Firm; Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman,Mackauf,Bloom&Rubinowitz. As an Attorney representing plaintiffs in catostrophic injury cases my goals have always been to obtain compensation for them which will provide for all of their future economic and medical needs. My experience ranges from representing injured persons in cases involving Construction accidents,Medical Malpractice,Automobile Accidents, Products Liability Cases,Legal Malpractice, to Civil Rights Cases invoving Police Brutality among which was the shooting death of Amadou Diallo by Officers of the New York City Police Department. I have also written extensively on Medical Malpractice. I have also lectured on various aspects of prosecuting all types of personal injury cases.

Selected To

New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Metro Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2007 - Metro
New York Super Lawyers 2006 - Metro

About Anthony Gair

Admitted: 1980, New York

Professional Webpage: www.gairgair.com/New_York_Lawyer_Anthony_Gair.htm

Honors and Awards:

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012. Recipient, New York State Trial Lawyers Civil Justice 2006 Honor Award. Order of the Barristers. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law.
  • Best Lawyers-Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation-New York., Best Lawyers, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Member,Best Lawyers Advisory Board
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Products Liability Committee, 1994-1996); Bronx County, New York State and American Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Judiciary Committee, 2006-); American Association for Justice, American Board of Trial Advocates;Fellow,Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates; Roscoe Pound Foundation;Life Time Member,New York Women's Bar Association, Scribes - American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects.Member, Medical Malpractice Panel, Supreme Court, Kings County, 1985-1991, Bronx County, 1989-1991.

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Member, Board of Directors, Long Island University Alumni Association, 1983. Member, Board of Directors, Thomas M. Cooley Law School 1992-2004.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Author: "Proving Medical Malpractice by a Physician Who Performs Elective Plastic Surgery," Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy, Vol. XX, No. 2, December 2002; "Presentation of Damages in a Personal Injury Case - The Plaintiff's Perspective," NYSBA, Trial Lawyers Section Digest, 2002; "Proving Dental Malpractice in a Case of Osteoradionecrosis Following Tooth Extraction," Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy Vol. XIX, No.8, June 2002; Author: "Orthopedic Malpractice: Failure to Diagnose Injury to Popliteal Artery," Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy, Vol. XVIII, No. 9, 2001; Contributing Author: "Controversies in Surgery," Vol. 4, Springer-Verlag, 2001; "Is It Necessarily Malpractice: Failure to Revise Shunt in Hydrocephalus Patient," Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy, Vol. XVI, No. 5, March, 1999. Co-Author with Howard S. Hershenhorn, "Combat Culpable Conduct Defense by the Defendant's Design Engineer," in Leader's Product Liability Law and Strategy, Vol. XVII, No. 12, June 1999; "Preparing Plaintiff's Expert in the Post Kuhmo Era," New York State Bar Association, 1999; "New Frontier in Products Liability," New York Law Journal, September 16, 1996. Co-Author: with Warren J. Willinger, "Obtaining Surveillance Films in Personal Injury Cases," Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 20:4. Contributing Author: "Personal Injury Litigation Under the Safe Place to Work Statutes," New York State Bar Association, 1991. Co-Author with Rhonda Kay: "Culpable Conduct/Comparative Fault Issues as Applicable to a Products Liability Case," in Products Liability in New York, Strategy and Practice, New York State Bar Association, 1997. Author: "Prosecuting a Case of Failure to Diagnose Compartment Syndrome," in Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy, Vol. XV, No. 12, Oct., 1998; "Cosmetic Surgical Malpractice: Loss of Vision following Blepharoplasty," Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy, 2000. Author: "Chemotherapy: Failure to Properly Treat Extravasation of Doxorubicin," in Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy, Vol. XVIII, No.10 Aug., 2000. Consulting Editor, Medical Malpractice Law and Strategy (1998-2006).Overall Planning Co-Chair, "Do or Die: The Vital Aspects of Your Case," New York State Bar Association, 2001; Co-Chair, New York, "Sweating the Small Stuff - The Basics of Motions, Objections and Discovery," New York State Bar Association, 2000; "Personal Injury Litigation-Workplace Related Injuries," New York State Bar Association, 1993.Contributing Author and Lecturer: "Construction Site Accidents: The Law and the Trial," New York State Bar Association, 2007,2008. Contributing Author and Lecturer: "Construction Site Accidents", New York State Bar Association, 2009,2010. Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education, Fordham University School of Law, 1986-1997.
  • Recalictrant Worker and Sole Proximate Cause-The Current State of Labor Law Section 240, Co-Author, New York State Bar Association Trial Lawyers Section Digest, 2008

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • See Gair,Gair,Conason,Steigman,Mackauf,Bloom & Rubinowitz, Web Site; http://www.gairgair.com/index.html

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Educational Background:

  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1980; New York University School of Law, LL.M., 1985,
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Blog entries — Anthony H. Gair
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US Moves to Block Medical Malpractice Lawsuits by Military Families
 
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