Mortati Named 2026 Capital Region "Lawyer of the Year" for Medical Malpractice

ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Harding Mazzotti LLP, a legal practice serving clients in New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts, has announced that Supervising Attorney Thomas J. Mortati has been named "Lawyer of the Year" for plaintiff's medical malpractice attorneys in the Albany area by Best Lawyers®. This prestigious recognition, which is bestowed upon one attorney per practice area within a designated geographical region, is only given to Mortati for his work in medical malpractice and medical device liability cases.

The award is a testament to Mortati's exceptional legal abilities and his dedication to ensuring that clients are justly compensated for injuries caused by medical providers, device manufacturers, and pharmaceutical companies. Paul Harding, the managing partner of Harding Mazzotti LLP, expressed his pride in Mortati and the work he has done on behalf of clients.

In his eight years with Harding Mazzotti LLP, Mortati has secured nearly $30 million in medical malpractice and medical device liability settlements on behalf of his clients, as well as recovering millions of dollars in settlements related to wrongful death and product liability injuries. Mortati has tried and brought to verdict nearly 100 cases in 20 counties and is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York, the District of Connecticut, as well as at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Eighth Circuits and at the United States Supreme Court.

Thomas Mortati was raised in Crestwood, NY, and currently calls Guilderland, NY home. He graduated from Fordham University in 1988 and Albany Law School in 1991, where he served as Associate Editor on the Albany Law School Journal of Science and Technology. Before joining Harding Mazzotti in 2017, he was a founding partner at Burke, Scolamiero, Mortati & Hurd, LLP, a personal injury defense firm where he worked for over 20 years defending and trying high-exposure cases in the fields of medical malpractice, law enforcement, construction, and products liability.