Thomas V. Hagerty

Lawyer in Buffalo, New York
Partner

Hagerty & Brady
69 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1010
Buffalo, New York 14202-3875
(Erie Co.)

Phone: 716-856-9443
Fax: 716-856-0511
Email: thagerty@hagerty-brady.com

Thomas V. Hagerty is admitted to practice before all courts of the State of New York. He is also admitted in the Northern and Western District Federal Courts as well as the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Hagerty has been certified by the Western District Court as an arbitrator and has served on hundreds of arbitrations as a neutral chairman, on three member tribunals, as well as a single neutral arbitrator.

Mr. Hagerty has long counseled both large and small insurance companies on all aspects of litigation and coverage issues. He has represented individuals and companies in enforcing their rights under insurance coverage.

He has handled and tried complex cases involving radiation and chemically induced latent personal injuries, and failures of mechanical devices such as mobile scaffolding, cranes, and forklifts. He has successfully defended municipalities in negligent hiring, highway design, and signage claims, as well as civil rights litigation.

Mr. Hagerty's career over the past 30 years has involved the defense of diverse entities in asbestos litigation. He has represented major insulation manufacturing companies, employers, and manufacturers of floor tile, friction products, pumps, valves, automotive and trucking equipment and premises owners.

Mr. Hagerty is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and Erie County Bar Association. In addition, he is a 25-year member of the Defense Research Institute as well as Western New York Trial Lawyers Association. He has long held an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

Mr. Hagerty has also served as a discovery referee pursuant to judicial appointment as a result of his reputation for being fair-minded, intelligent and practical.

Practice Areas

• Insurance Law
• Products Liability
• Toxic Torts
• Negligence
• Automobile Negligence
• Premises Liability
• Construction Accidents

Admissions

• 1977, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York
• 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

College

Canisius College, B.S., 1972

Memberships

• Erie County (Past Chairman, Insurance Committee Former Director, Treasurer)
• New York State and American Bar Associations
• Western New York Trial Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute