KENNETH A. BLOOM is the Founder and Managing Partner of gartner + bloom PC, an AV rated law firm with offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida.
Ken is a skilled trial attorney, who concentrates his practice in the areas of Casualty/Liability Defense including New York Labor Law, Insurance Coverage; Construction Litigation including construction defect, EIFS, apparent microbial growth (AMG), asbestos and lead paint matters, commercial auto, as well as Insurance Fraud Defense, corporate law, contractual and tort litigation.
Ken was admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia in 1981; New York 1982; Pennsylvania 1990; the U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern District of New York in 1983; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York in 1990; U.S. Supreme Court in 1985; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan in 1988; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit 1990.
Ken Bloom is a graduate of Cornell University (B.S., 1978), where he served as a guest lecturer for the course, “Managing and Resolving Conflict.” He obtained his J.D. from American University in 1981.
Prior to founding gartner + bloom PC, Ken was an Assistant District Attorney, Kings County, New York, 1981-1982; Senior Staff Attorney, New York City Mayor’s Strike Force, 1982-1983; Partner, O’Donnell, Fox & Gartner, P.C., New York City, 1983-1990; Resident Senior Partner Cozen and O’Connor, New York City, 1991-1994.
Ken is a member of the New York State Former District Attorneys Association, Brooklyn, New York; Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations- member of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Alternate Dispute Resolution Section; Co-chair of the Construction Committee of the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution (2004-2005); District of Columbia Bar and the New York County Lawyers Association.
He is a frequent lecturer on construction and coverage related topics, as well as ADR. He has served as both Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the MC Consultant’s East Region Construction Defect Conference 2010-2014. Additionally, Bloom has lectured at the West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Conference and has been selected as a New York Superlawyer 2007-2023, as well as one of the Top Attorneys in New York.
Mr. Bloom has recently been appointed to the prestigious CLM Advisory Board of Directors for the Construction community, an assembly of some of the top construction defect professionals in the country. Ken also received the highly decorated “Legends of an Era” Construction Defect honor awarded by West Coast Casualty in 2023.
“Our guiding philosophy is to provide clients with innovative, best in class legal solutions without losing our humanity in the process.” We love the work we do, and it shows in the high impact results we deliver.” ~Ken Bloom
Attorney Ken Bloom moderates panel: Construction Defect Claims and Insurance Issues Facing the Northeast,
at the 20th Anniversary of the West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Conference