The firm of Gorton & Gorton, LLP, is located in Mineola, NY, and engages in insurance defense litigation throughout the greater New York Metropolitan area. With more than fifty years of combined experience at both the trial and appellate levels, the partners of Gorton & Gorton, LLP, are dedicated to providing expert legal services within a cost efficient framework.
The attorneys at Gorton & Gorton, LLP, believe that continued communication between themselves and their principals is fundamental to effective defense litigation. Timely reporting ensures that what has occurred is never a mystery and detailed analysis ensures that what will occur is rarely a surprise. For that reason, every case is personally handled or reviewed by one of the partners from inception through disposition guaranteeing the firm’s clients an ongoing evaluation by an experienced, seasoned litigator.
While the firm’s partners boast an enviable trial and appellate record of success, the firm is also mindful that Alternate Dispute Resolution methods such as mediation and arbitration may, in certain circumstances, offer their clients effective case management tools, and the firm will not hesitate to recommend same when appropriate.
John T. Gorton is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He graduated from St. John’s Law School in 1984 and shortly thereafter rose to the position of Tort Trial Specialist within the Special Litigation and Medical Malpractice (SLAM) Unit of the Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City New York. This unit consisted of specially selected trial attorneys from within the Office of the Corporation Counsel whose duties were to litigate the most serious personal injury cases brought against the City of New York. After serving with distinction for a number of years, John left to assume the senior trial partner position with an insurance defense firm on Long Island. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association and Nassau County Bar Association. John resides in Merrick, New York with his wife Patricia, and three children, Sean, Katherine and Kevin.
Thomas P. Gorton is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Prior to founding the firm, Thomas was a partner in a major insurance defense firm in Manhattan. He is a 1980 graduate of St. John’s Law School, where he was a member of the Moot Court, Executive Director of the Criminal Law Institute and recipient of the Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Significant Legal Scholarship. A member of the American Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and Nassau County Bar Association, Thomas frequently addresses members of the insurance industry on timely topics of interest. He resides in Long Beach, New York, with his wife, Wendie, and son, Charlie.
