About Jeffrey Bloom

Since joining the firm following his graduation from law school in 1979, Jeffrey Bloom has developed a reputation as one of the top medical malpractice and personal injury attorneys in New York. Known and respected by both the bench and bar as a fierce advocate, he has helped clients achieve numerous multi-million dollar recoveries.

Mr. Bloom has tried and managed serious personal injury cases involving medical malpractice, auto accidents, legal malpractice, construction accidents, and products liability, resulting in some of the largest awards in the state. Recently, with partners Ben Rubinowitz and Richard Steigman, he obtained a $120 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit against Westchester Medical Center. Along with Ben Rubinowitz, he served as lead counsel representing the Estate of Joan Rivers in a medical malpractice action arising from her death following surgery at an ambulatory surgical center.

Mr. Bloom has successfully represented clients in cases involving failure to diagnose diseases such as breast, colon, prostate and lung cancer, as well as claims of improper obstetrical care resulting in brain damage and Erb's palsy to newborns and severe injuries to mothers.

His contributions extend beyond his work for the firm. Serving as Co-Chair of the Medical Malpractice Committee and LAWPAC of New York, he combines vast knowledge with political acumen to effectuate change and preserve justice. Mr. Bloom was a leading force in the successful campaign that led to the 2018 enactment of "Lavern's Law," which mandated that the statute of limitations in cancer malpractice cases begins when patients reasonably discover they were victims of malpractice.

He is perennially named in Best Lawyers in America and New York Magazine's Best Lawyers in New York in four specialties: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Legal Malpractice, and Professional Malpractice. He has been listed in Super Lawyers and inducted in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Mr. Bloom willingly shares his knowledge, serving as lecturer at the New York State Judicial Institute and teaching throughout the state as Chair of New York State Bar Association programs on anatomy and medicine for lawyers, failure to diagnose breast cancer, and women's health issues and malpractice. He has lectured at local hospitals to radiologists, emergency room residents, and neonatologists.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$120 millionVerdict

After on-call residents missed a stroke on a CT scan and delayed lifesaving treatment for hours, Gair Gair Conason won a $120 million verdict against Westchester Medical Center for William Lee, the largest medical-malpractice award in the county's history.

Westchester County, NY · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
Settlement

Gair Gair Conason represented the family of comedian Joan Rivers in a wrongful-death and medical-malpractice case against the Manhattan clinic where she died after a 2014 throat procedure, resolved in 2016 on confidential terms.

New York County (Manhattan), NY · 2016Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Hofstra University
Juris Doctor, 1979
Lehigh University
Undergraduate, 1976

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York, admitted 1980

Litigation record

Jeffrey Bloom is counsel of record on the firm's appellate matters, including the published decisions below — official court records, verifiable and not self-reported.

New York Court of Appeals · 2011
Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, New York City (Howard S. Hershenhorn and Rhonda E. Kay of counsel), for Allen Simon and another, respondents.
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department · 2015
Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, MacKauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, New York City (Ben Rubinowitz and Richard M. Steigman of counsel), for Gregware respondents.
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department · 2011
Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, New York City (Rhonda E. Kay and Richard M. Steigman of counsel), for respondent.
New York Court of Appeals · 1987
Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Philip Agree, Stephen J. McGrath and Michael McLoughlin of counsel), for appellant. Jeffrey B. Bloom for respondents.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · 2000
Jeffrey B. Bloom, Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman & Mackauf, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Matthew J. Ross, Belair & Evans LLP, (John T. Evans and Diana C. Silverman, on the brief), New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees.
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Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers, New York Metro (selected 2026)
Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2025)
Best Lawyers in America (Medical Malpractice / Personal Injury Litigation)
New York Magazine 'Best Lawyers' (Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Legal Malpractice, Professional Malpractice)
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers
AV Preeminent rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Co-Chair, Medical Malpractice Committee, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Co-Chair / Trustee, LawPAC of New York
Board of Directors, New York State Trial Lawyers Association

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