Email:stuorto@ask4sam.net
Stephanie R. Tuorto
Attorney
Stephanie R. Tuorto is a medical malpractice attorney at Silberstein & Miklos, P.C., where she represents plaintiffs — patients and families harmed by medical negligence — in litigation against hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare providers. With over ten years of litigation and trial experience, Stephanie brings a rare combination of courtroom skill, case-building discipline, and genuine compassion to every case she handles.
Experience
Stephanie built her trial career prosecuting some of the most serious cases in New York State. As a Senior Assistant District Attorney with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, she investigated and prosecuted felonies and violent felonies, conducted 20 jury and bench trials, presented hundreds of cases to the grand jury, and served on the Violence Against Women team. She later served as a Senior Associate at Slater Slater Schulman LLP, prosecuting cases under the Child Victims Act, Adult Survivors Act, and Gender-Motivated Violence Act on behalf of hundreds of survivors of sexual abuse — including leading the prosecution and mediation against a disgraced physician that resulted in a multi-million-dollar settlement for survivors. She has also handled complex civil litigation, including personal injury depositions and general litigation matters.
That depth of trial and litigation experience — investigating cases, building records, taking depositions, and standing up in front of a jury — is exactly what she now brings to medical malpractice plaintiffs at Silberstein & Miklos, P.C.
Stephanie is known for treating clients with genuine compassion and for building the kind of trustworthy rapport that medical malpractice victims need during a difficult and often overwhelming time. She is a passionate, dedicated, and zealous advocate who fights for the full compensation her clients deserve.
Recognition
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2026
- Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers, 2026
- Top 25 Attorney, National Women Trial Lawyers Association, 2026
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2025
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2024
- Appointed to the Suffolk County Women in the Courts Committee (2017–present); regularly speaks to high school, college, and law school students across Long Island about being a female attorney
Education
- Juris Doctor, Criminal Law Certificate — Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, 2014. Business Editor of the Touro Law Review; President of the Trial Advocacy & Practice Society; Honors Scholar; published author, You Blew It: The Confrontation Clause and Breathalyzers as Testimonial Evidence, 30 Touro L. Rev. 1175 (2014)
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (minor in History), magna cum laude — Quinnipiac University, 2011. Division I Women’s Lacrosse (2011 NEC Champions); two-time Academic All-American; Best Political Science Senior Thesis Award
At a Glance
- Practice Area: Medical Malpractice (Plaintiff’s Representation)
- Firm: Silberstein & Miklos, P.C.
- Experience: 10+ years in litigation, including 18 jury and bench trials
- Prior Roles: Senior Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office; Senior Associate, Slater Slater Schulman LLP
- Bar Admission Focus: New York
- Notable Recognition: Super Lawyer (2026); Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers (2026); Top 25 Attorney, National Women Trial Lawyers Association (2026)
- Notable Credentials: Magna cum laude graduate, Quinnipiac University; Touro Law Review Business Editor; 2x NCAA Division I Academic All-American
Why Clients Choose Stephanie Tuorto
Medical malpractice cases require an attorney who understands both the medicine and the courtroom. Stephanie’s decade of litigation experience — prosecuting violent felonies as a Suffolk County ADA, representing survivors in landmark sexual abuse litigation, and now advocating for medical malpractice victims — means she knows how to build a case, negotiate from strength, and try it if necessary. Combined with her compassionate, client-first approach, she has earned a reputation as a zealous advocate for injured patients and their families throughout New York.
Contact Stephanie R. Tuorto and the team at Silberstein & Miklos, P.C. to discuss your medical malpractice case.
Verdicts
$ 29,361,117.15
Roberts v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Kings County Supreme Court
$4,319,143.34
Molina v. Goldberg, Westchester Medical Center, et al
Westchester County Supreme Court
$3,501,142.62
Mahamad v. Mosberg, NY Hospital Medical Center of Queens
Queens County Supreme Court
Settlements
$26,000,000 – New York State Supreme Court – Failure to properly treat acute stroke leading to permanent neurological disability.
$8,000,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Fall in hospital resulting in quadriplegia.
$7,000,000 – New York County Supreme Court – Construction accident fall from height requiring multiple spinal surgeries.
$6,900,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Permanent neurological impairment and quadriplegia following neurosurgery requiring life-long medical care and support.
$6,500,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Fall from height while working construction resulting in multiple surgeries.
$5,950,000 – Eastern District of New York – A child born with cerebral palsy and neurological injury as a result of negligent management of labor and delivery
$2,675,000 – Kings County Supreme Court – Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat cervical cancer by failing to properly read a pap smear leading to loss of chance of survival and death of a 30 year old girl.
$2,000,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose retinoblastoma causing loss of eye in a young girl.
$2,000,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – A child with lifelong incontinence as a result of the hospital’s failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat ulcerative colitis
$2,000,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Failure to diagnose pneumonia and improper discharge from the hospital leading to exsanguination and death. The young woman was survived by a child of tender years.
$1,800,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose and treat prostate cancer resulting in loss of a chance of survival and death leaving behind a wife and adult children.
$1,700,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Negligent discharge from the hospital with positive blood cultures for bacteria resulting in endocarditis and stroke in an elderly man.
$1,550,000 – Nassau County Supreme Court – Negligent failure to timely intervene to stop bleeding following perforation of uterus during D&C procedure resulting in loss of uterus and infertility.
$1,500,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Fall from a ladder resulting in torn rotator cuff, cervical spine herniations and inability to return to work with loss of income, pension and union benefits.
$1,500,000 – Westchester County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose impending stroke resulting in permanent neurological impairment.
$1,400,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose and treat breast cancer leaving behind adult children.
$1,300,000 – Suffolk County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer.
$1,300,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose breast cancer.
$1,250,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Wrongful death caused by endocarditis leaving a surviving wife and 3 adult children.
$1,000,000 – Nassau County Supreme Court – Improper surgical clipping of common bile duct during removal of gallbladder leading to infection, sepsis, and death.
$1,000,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Fall through the landing of an unsecured and unbraced stairwell causing neck and back herniations and bulges, and inability to continue working.
$1,000,000 – Kings County Supreme Court – Tender of full insurance coverage available for the wrongful death of a pharmacist who fell off the fire escape trying to save his wife and children from a fire. The fire was caused by the illegal storing of flammable and combustible materials by a hardware store that was a commercial tenant on the first floor of the building. The surviving wife and children were also burned.
$950,000 – Suffolk County Supreme Court – Improper reading of mammography leading to a delay in diagnosis of breast cancer.
$950,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Negligent discharge from the hospital with a perforated esophagus following a transesophageal echocardiogram despite complaints of neck pain, burning and raspy voice. The negligent discharge led to sepsis, stroke, and death of an elderly woman.
$900,000 – Nassau County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose acoustical neuroma.
$880,000 – New York County Supreme Court – Delay in diagnosis and treatment of small bowel obstruction.
$800,000 – Suffolk County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose and treat hyperbilirubinemia at birth causing kernicterus and permanent neurological impairment of a child.
$785,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat a sternal wound infection following coronary artery bypass graft surgery causing sepsis and death.
$740,000 – Suffolk County Supreme Court – Failure to timely diagnose and treat infection in a diabetic patient.
$700,000 – Suffolk County Supreme Court – Improper prescription and monitoring of steroids leading to avascular necrosis of hips and shoulder.
$650,000 – Suffolk County Supreme Court – Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat cervical cancer.
$650,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Loss of a baby due to the hospital’s negligent administration of a drug to induce labor after placement of a transabdominal cerclage to preserve the pregnancy.
$600,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Negligent intubation and passing of transesophageal echocardiogram probe resulting in perforated esophagus and ultimately death.
$500,000 – Kings County Supreme Court – Wrongful death of a woman due to uncontrolled bleeding after cardiac catheterization. She left behind 2 adult children.
$500,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat post-operative infection and pulmonary embolism causing death.
$475,000 – Kings County Supreme Court – Settled after weeks of trial where it was alleged that a podiatrist negligently transected the medial plantar nerve during surgery causing permanent neurological impairment in the foot.
$475,000 – Nassau County Supreme Court – Trip and fall over raised paver stones on a pool deck causing a need for knee replacement surgery.
$440,000 – Nassau County Supreme Court – Settled after weeks of trial, failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat cervical cancer leading to loss of chance of survival and loss of less invasive treatment options.
$425,000 – Kings County Supreme Court – Following a stroke, development of a stage IV pressure ulcer leading to infection, sepsis and death. She was survived by adult children.
$400,000 – Eastern District of New York – Slip and fall on a tiled ramp in department store causing intra-articular fracture of wrist.
$400,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Negligent failure to perform a cesarean section despite signs of fetal distress resulting in the death of the baby.
$350,000 – Kings County Supreme Court – Failure to timely and properly wean the patient off mechanical ventilation causing ventilator assisted pneumonia and death.
$350,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Delay in diagnosis of post-operative infection and bowel perforation following hernia repair surgery.
$300,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Slip and fall on ice causing broken femur with open reduction and internal fixation.
$295,000 – Kings County Supreme Court – Heart attack and death of an elderly man in the emergency room.
$250,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Wrongful death of a 7-year-old girl due to delay in diagnosis and treatment of Coxsackie A9 Virus.
$250,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat heart attack resulting in death of a woman.
$240,000 – Onondaga County Supreme Court – Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat heart attack in the emergency room causing death.
$225,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Wrongful death due to pulmonary embolism.
$200,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Facial trauma on a construction site due to unsecured work materials causing stitches.
$195,000 – Bronx County Supreme Court – Failure to timely and properly diagnose and treat subarachnoid hemorrhage and safely transfer the patient to another hospital for neurosurgical intervention causing death.
$195,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Stage III heel ulcers in the hospital and rehabilitation facility following surgery requiring 7 debridement procedures.
$185,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Fall from a ladder while performing maintenance work at an apartment building complex causing shoulder injury.
$175,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Wrongful death due to pressure ulcers in an elderly man.
$175,000 – Queens County Supreme Court – Delay in diagnosis and work up for impending heart attack resulting in cardiac muscle damage.
Education
St. John’s University School of Law (J.D., 2009) (Honors: New York International Law Review; Frank S. Polestino Trial Advocacy Institute)
State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude, 2006)
Bar Admissions
2009, New York
2009, Eastern District of New York and Southern District of New York
2026, Pennsylvania
Memberships
Super Lawyers Rising Stars – New York Metro
New York State Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors
Long Island Professionals
Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County
BNI Advantages
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Queens County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Nassau County Bar Association
Suffolk County Bar Association
Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice
Premises Liability
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Labor Law
General Negligence
Intentional Torts
Awards & Recognitions
Million Dollar Advocates Forum®
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum®
New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) Board of Directors
Avvo 10.0 Rating
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