LFL Certified 2026 · Score 70Personal InjuryNew York, NY● Accepting new clients
★★★★★4.9 · 203 Google reviews1 office21 attorneysEnglish · Spanish
ContingencyThe lawyers in our firm work on a contingency basis, so we do not collect any money unless we win your case.
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About Block O’Toole & Murphy
Block O’Toole & Murphy is a personal injury firm with a single office in Manhattan.
The firm states that it works on a contingency fee, with nothing to pay unless the case is won; the first consultation is free. It publishes material in English and Spanish.
What this firm has earned Every one from a measured value, with the evidence behind it
LFL Certified 2026
Scored 70 out of 100 on measured evidence, above the 70 this tier requires, with every eligibility gate its state allows us to check cleared.
No public discipline
None of the 18 named attorneys carries a disciplinary status on the public register: no disbarment, suspension or disciplinary resignation. Those statuses persist, so the check reaches back years, but it would not show a censure or a suspension since lifted.
4.9 average over 203 reviews
A high rating is easy at low volume and hard to hold at this one. Pillar C scores it against the market rather than against five stars.
Fee terms published
The lawyers in our firm work on a contingency basis, so we do not collect any money unless we win your case.
Service in Spanish
Published by the firm on its own pages, which is how this was measured rather than assumed from a name.
110 results published
Across 10 case types on the firm's own site. We read the page and counted what is on it; the amounts are the firm's and we have not confirmed them.
19 years average at the bar
Mean 19.4 years since admission across 18 of 21 named attorneys (longest 38, shortest 0) · NYS Attorney Registration database
LFL Certification Score Scored under Methodology v2.0 · rows tagged Registry, Observed or Ahrefs are measured; rows tagged Illustrative are sample values pending full verification
70out of 100
LFL Certification Score · Methodology v2.0Scored across 97 of the 100 points this firm's state lets anyone measure. Anything unscored counts neither for nor against the firm.
LFL Certified
All 5 eligibility gates passed. Strongest pillar: B; most headroom in pillar D (9/25).
LFL Certified 2026 · re-verified Sep 16, 2026
15 points to Distinguished
85 needed · A+B+C floor met (92% of the A, B and C points assessed)
Most headroom: D1 Website trust & experience: +5.0 available · E4 Availability: +5 available · D3 Local presence: +4 available
G1 Licensure18 of 21 named attorneys are currently registered and none carries an adverse status. 3 could not be told apart from namesakes in the register and are counted neither way
G2 DisciplineNone of the 18 named attorneys carries a disciplinary status on the public register: no disbarment, suspension or disciplinary resignation. Those statuses persist, so the check reaches back years, but it would not show a censure or a suspension since lifted.
G3 Entity & officeBLOCK O'TOOLE & MURPHY LLP is an active domestic registered limited liability partnership registered since 2006-01-03, with 1 Google-verified location
G5 WebsiteSite has served over HTTPS, a working phone number published, 21 named attorneys published.
G6 Footprint203 public client reviews and 21 years since the entity was formed in 2006
AProfessional Standing
20/25
A2 ExperienceRegistryMean 19.4 years since admission across 18 of 21 named attorneys (longest 38, shortest 0) · NYS Attorney Registration database9 / 10
A6 Roster verifiabilityRegistry18 of 21 named attorneys matched to the New York register; bar numbers published on the bios7.5 / 9
A5 AccountabilityObservedmember of New York State Trial Lawyers Association · no professional liability cover disclosed, which is not scored here: plaintiff firms in this market do not publish it, and an absence shared by every firm separates none of them3 / 3
BPublished Outcomes
15/15
B1 Results publishedFirm-submitted110 results published on the firm's own site, counted from stated amounts6 / 6
B2 SpecificityFirm-submitted10 case types named; 5 court or county references5 / 5
B3 Results disclosureFirm-submittedPrior-results disclaimer present, as the advertising rules require4 / 4
CClient Experience
18/20
C1 Authentic volumeObserved203 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count4 / 5
C2 Rating qualityObservedGoogle rating 4.9 over 203 reviews → Bayesian 4.87 (prior 4.82 weighted as 100 reviews, from 217 scored firms) · single platform, Google only5 / 6
C3 Review recencyGoogle5 of 5 sampled reviews are from the last 12 months (newest 2026-07-27) · a sample of five per business listing, not every review5 / 5
C5 Complaint shareGoogle0 of 5 sampled reviews rate 1 or 2 stars · a sample, so this is the shape of the complaints rather than a count of them4 / 4
DDigital Presence & Authority
9/25
D1 Website trust & experienceObservedCWV fail · no bar numbers on bios · no fee statement · privacy policy · disclaimer · fresh content2 / 7
D3 Local presenceGoogle1 operational Google Business Profile listing with reviews · profile completeness, NAP consistency across citations and local-pack rank not yet measured (4 of 5 pts still available)1 / 5
E1 Free consult & fee transparencyObservedFree consultation · The lawyers in our firm work on a contingency basis, so we do not collect any money unless we win your case. · the fee percentage itself is not published5 / 6
E3 Languages & accessibilityObservedEnglish, Spanish1.5 / 4
Case results Only results verified against court records or documentation show amounts
What the firm publishes itself
Block O’Toole & Murphy lists 110 case results on its own website, across 10 case types. The page carries its own disclaimer about past results. We have read the page and counted what is on it. We have not confirmed the amounts, so none are repeated here.
Results are specific to their facts and do not guarantee similar outcomes. Firms submit results through their claimed profile; only results we can substantiate are published with amounts.
Attorneys 18 attorneys · every licence checked against the New York attorney register · 3 more people are named by the firm without a role, so we do not call them attorneys
JB
Jeffrey A. BlockAdmitted in NY
DO
Daniel P. O’TooleAdmitted in NY
SM
Stephen J. MurphyAdmitted in NY
DS
David L. ScherAdmitted in NY
SO
Scott OcchiogrossoAdmitted in NY
FA
Frederick C. ArankiAdmitted in NY
MH
Michael J. HurwitzAdmitted in NY
PW
Pawel P. WierzbickiAdmitted in NY
CS
Christopher SoverowAdmitted in NY
KK
Kristian KroberAdmitted in NY
AF
Aaron FishkinAdmitted in NY
JC
James CosciaAdmitted in NY
OB
Olga BaginskiAdmitted in NY
GP
Gabriela PullaAdmitted in NY
AB
Amey BerrillAdmitted in NY
GF
George FreitagAdmitted in NY
RS
Ravi SattirajuAdmitted in NY
DL
David B. LeverAdmitted in NY
Also named by the firm
The firm lists these people among its team and prints no role beside the names, so we do not describe them as attorneys.
S. Joseph Donahue
Christina (Mark) Mercado
Catherine O’Sullivan
Client reviews
4.9
★★★★★
Based on 203 Google reviews · Google Business Profile via Places API. 1 listing, counts summed and rating weighted by count · Quotes below are testimonials published by the firm
Offices 1 location · main office: Manhattan
Manhattan1 Pennsylvania Plaza Suite 4850, New York, NY 10119, USA
