Kathleen L. Nastri

Kathleen Nastri's focus is on medical malpractice, personal injury and other complex cases.

In June 2003, Kathleen was elected president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers' Association (CTLA) after previously serving as the vice president and treasurer. She is also co-chair of the CTLA's Continuing Legal Education Committee and is Editor of the “Verdict and Settlements” column of CTLA Forum Magazine.

Before joining KK&B she had been head of the Plaintiff's Personal Injury Practice Group at a Waterbury-based law firm, where she began assisting clients in 1986.

She is admitted to practice at the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as in Connecticut state courts.

Kathleen is a Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Curriculum Vitae

Bar Admission

• State of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of N.Y
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Memberships

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
  • Treasurer, Vice President, President Elect, President 2003-2004
  • (Was first woman president of CTLA)
  • Co-chair Continuing Legal Education Committee
  • Frequent Lecturer at CLE Seminars
  • Editor of Verdict and Settlements column of CTLA Forum Magazine
  • Member of Editorial Board of Forum Magazine
• American Association for Justice
  • Member of Publications Committee
  • Lecturer at CLE Seminars, including Medical Negligence Seminar in October 2005
  • Contributing author to Trial Magazine
• Connecticut Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation

Other

• Trial Experience:
  Numerous trials in Connecticut State Courts, including medical malpractice, and other personal injury cases
• Trials in U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, including medical malpractice case against U.S. Government for negligence at West Haven V.A. Hospital
• Trial in U.S. District Court, Southern District of N.Y. in Warsaw Convention/Aviation case
• Employment:
• Carmody & Torrance, Waterbury, CT 1986-2003
• Head of Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Practice Group, 1993-2003
• Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, Bridgeport, CT 2003-
• Partner