Kelly Koster, Partner
Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP
Attorney Location:
New York, New York
Phone:
(800) 692-3717
Kelly Koster has been a partner with Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP since 2017, following 22 years as a senior associate with the firm. She concentrates her practice on workers’ compensation cases, managing all phases of claims including section 32 settlements, occupational claims, and death claims. Attorney Koster is also the supervising attorney in our Suffolk County office.
Attorney Koster graduated from St. John’s University in 1990 and received her Juris Doctorate degree at St. John’s University School of Law in 1993. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York’s Second Judicial Department.
She has lectured to doctors and labor unions about the changes in the system and how to protect their patients and members in a changing climate.
Attorney Koster was selected to Super Lawyers, a select designation that takes into account peer recognition and professional accomplishment, in the area of workers’ compensation in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
In 2024, Attorney Koster received the Excellence in Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability award from Top Lawyers of Long Island.
In 2023, Attorney Koster was installed as Secretary of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) , a national organization dedicated to protecting the rights of injured workers.
In 2023, Attorney Koster was named President of The Nassau County Women’s Bar Association. Attorney Koster previously served as Vice President of the organization starting in 2021 and Recording Secretary starting in 2019.
In 2019, Attorney Koster was inducted into the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, which was created to honor attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their practice in the field of workers’ compensation law. These individuals have convinced their peers, the bar, bench and public that they possess the highest professional qualifications and ethical standards, character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership.
Areas of Practice
- Workers Compensation
Education
- St. John’s University School of Law, New York
- St. John’s University, New York
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Named to Super Lawyers in the area of workers’ compensation, 2022-2024
- New York State Bar Association
- St. John’s Law Alumni Association
- Brehon Law Society of Nassau County
- Society of New York Workers’ Compensation Bar Association
- New York State Council of PTAs
- Birch Lane PTA
- President, Nassau Co. Women’s Bar Association
