Liza A. Milgrim

Glenn W. Nick, a member of the firm, represents firefighters who are injured in the line of duty. Additionally, he regularly represents firefighters in investigations by EEO and BITS.

Vito Cannavo is a member of the firm who has won a string of multi-million dollar verdicts for clients in medical malpractice, premises liability, motor vehicle and firefighter-related litigation, including a historic $183 Million verdict against the City of New York arising out of the tragic Bronx “Black Sunday Fire.”

Thomas J. McManus, the firm’s managing member, also serves as general counsel to the UFA. Mr. McManus works with the union on a daily basis, which includes defending the rights of firefighters at both EEO and BITS. He also represents firefighters and their families for injuries suffered in the line of duty.

Robert G. Sullivan, the firm’s senior member, is a pioneer in personal injury law and in litigation on behalf of firefighters. He represented the widows and children of six firefighters killed in a Waldbaum’s supermarket fire in Brooklyn. He has won millions on behalf of injured New Yorkers since joining the firm in 1972.

Nicholas Papain is one of New York’s most prominent personal injury lawyers.

The team includes Michael N. Block, a member of the firm who has for many years served as general counsel to the UFA. Mr. Block has been a leading lawyer in the area of fire-related litigation for 40 years and has been an essential advocate on behalf of firefighters and their families who have suffered injuries in the line of duty.