Over the past six decades, Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore (KDLM) has built a national reputation for success in medical malpractice, product liability, transportation and construction accidents, and wrongful death. The firm is consistently ranked among New York City’s top firms and has secured some of the state’s most significant verdicts and settlements.
Highlights from 2026 Edition
- Tier 1 Ranking: Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Attorney Recognition:
- Judith Livingston – Lawyer of the Year (Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, 2013)
- Thomas Moore – Lawyer of the Year (Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, 2014)
- Matthew Gaier – Lawyer of the Year (Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, 2024)
- Inner Circle of Advocates: Moore and Livingston named among the top 100 plaintiff trial lawyers in the U.S.
- Super Lawyers Recognition: Livingston listed in Top 50 Women New York – Metro Super Lawyers; Moore, Gaier, Rubino, and others consistently recognized.
- Track Record: More than 150 verdicts exceeding $1 million and over $1 billion in settlements.
- Recent Case Wins:
- $83M verdict (2023) against a Canadian trucking company for wrongful deaths.
- $35.6M settlement (2024), the largest pre-verdict medical malpractice resolution in New York history.
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Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore (KDLM), authored “A Mother’s Emotional Distress.” The column reports that the NY Court of Appeals refused to overrule a 20-year-old precedent barring mothers from recovering emotional damages for injuries to their children during birth, citing stare decisis. Dissents argued this ruling ignores modern understanding and justice for maternal trauma.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
- Appellate
A New York jury awarded $13 million in damages in a medical malpractice case involving the failure to remove a patient’s gallbladder. The verdict highlights the continuing strength of malpractice litigation in New York courts, with significant compensation awarded to the plaintiff.
- Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury – General
Thomas A. Moore and Judith A. Livingston partner at Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore (KDLM), has been added in Forbes list of Best Personal Injury Attorneys in New York City 2023.
- Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury – General
Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore (KDLM) attorneys were named to the 2023 Best Lawyers® List, continuing the firm’s decades-long tradition of recognition in medical malpractice and personal injury law.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury – General
Matthew Gaier, partner at Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore (KDLM), has been selected to Super Lawyers® each year since 2007 in the following practice areas:SuperLawyers
- Appellate
- Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury – General
Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore (KDLM)
Partners Thomas Moore, Judith Livingston, Matthew Gaier, and Carmine Rubino
have been included in The Best Lawyers in America© list for over 40 years combined.BestLawyers
Attorney Thomas Moore of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore secured the award in a case where a Canadian trucking company’s vehicle caused the death of a New Jersey father and son.Law.com
Thomas Moore and Judith Livingston have established one of the nation’s most successful law firms for victims of medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death.BestLawyers
citybiz Shares the News: Judith Livingston Named President of the Inner Circle of Advocates.
Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore Attorneys Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® List.Newswire
Judith A. Livingston Named President of the Inner Circle of Advocates.
Judith Livingston is interviewed in: “What I Wish I Knew Then” about the lessons she wishes she had learned earlier in her career.Journal
Judith Livingston was one of fifty alumni inducted into the inaugural Alumni Hall of Fame at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.Business News
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Departure From Accepted Standards: Navigating the Hindsight Rule.”Law.com
Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore Ranked in 2022 “Best Law Firms”.Cision PR Newswire | February 2022
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Quality Assurance Privilege and Party Statements.”
Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore Recognized on TopVerdict.com for 2020.
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Proper Venue for Malpractice Actions.”
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Patients Right to Their Own EMR Metadata.”
Thomas Moore, Judith Livingston, Matthew Gaier and Carmine Rubino named to the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Evidentiary Use of Learned Treatises.”
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Update on COVID-19 Issues.”
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Custom and Practice Revisited.”
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Liability for Transmitting COVID-19.”
Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners at KDLM, wrote an article titled, “Consultation Reports in Physicians’ Office Records.”
Thomas A. Moore represented a female passenger on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train who sustained multiple fractures from a collission incident. The lawsuit was settled for $9,000,000.
KDLM partners Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier wrote an article for Law.com titled, “Liability of Referring Physicians.”
Thomas Moore and Judith Livingston are again named to the Top 100: New York — Metro Super Lawyers List for 2020.
Judith A. Livingston named to the Top 10: 2020 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list.