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Victor Pasternack, Of Counsel, is the managing partner emeritus of Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton and Romano, LLP, a firm concentrating in workers' compensation, Social Security disability, civil service pension, and personal injury. Mr. Pasternack brings over 41 years of experience in the field of workers' compensation law and is well known in the legal community for his expertise in this area.. He received his B.A. from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in 1970 and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1975. He has been a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association since 1978 and has served on its Board of Directors since 1987. Now serving as an emeritus member, he has been elected deputy treasurer, treasurer and secretary of the association. In 1988, he received the Distinguished Service Award of the Association.. Mr. Pasternack is also a founding member of the Injured Workers' Bar Association, has chaired the Workers' Compensation Committee of the Brooklyn Bar Association and has also served as the New York State Captain for Workers Compensation for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now, the American Association for Justice). He is past president of the New York State Workers' Compensation Bar Association and member of the Workplace Injury Litigation Group and the New York State Bar Association, Insurance Personal Injury and Compensation Law Section, Workers Compensation Division. He also serves on the Board of Directors of WILG- Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group- A national organization of advocates for injured workers rights.. Mr. Pasternack has lectured widely on workers’ compensation topics, particularly before groups of trial lawyers and labor unions. He has been an adjunct professor of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations teaching a course on workers’ compensation. He has also lectured at a workshop given for the Law Judges of the Workers’ Compensation Board. For the past twenty-seven years he been chosen to be the reporter and lecturer for the chapter on “Workers Compensation” at the “Decisions” program of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, a yearly seminar widely attended by trial lawyers throughout the State of New York. He has also lectured at the Practicing Law Institute on Workers’ Compensation topics.. He is also a member of the New York State Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health and has conducted workshops for union members through its workers’ compensation committee conferences. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the College of Workers Compensation Lawyers, an organization established to honor those attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their practice in the field of Workers Compensation. He is Lead Counsel Rated in workers compensation and Social Security and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.. Mr. Pasternack has once again been named to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Workers’ Compensation for 2023 by Super Lawyers Magazine. This is the the 15th time he has been so recognized. Mr. Pasternack is rated AV ®Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.

Catherine Stanton is a senior partner at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP in New York, where she leads the workers' compensation department. With over 30 years of experience, Ms. Stanton is a recognized authority in the field. She graduated magna cum laude from St. John's University in 1986 and earned her law degree from the College of William and Mary in 1989.. Ms. Stanton joined the firm in 1990, becoming a partner in 1998. She has held leadership roles in prominent legal organizations, serving as President of WILG (Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group) from 2012-2013 and as the past Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section for the American Association for Justice.. Locally, Ms. Stanton is a director for the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and a past president of the Society of New York Workers Compensation' Bar Association. She currently serves as Vice President of the Brehon Law Society of Nassau County, focusing on human rights and civil liberties, particularly in Northern Ireland.. Consistently recognized for her expertise, Ms. Stanton has been named to the Super Lawyers list in workers' compensation annually from 2007 to 2023. She earned a place on the New York Super Lawyers Women's Edition list in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. Ms. Stanton is also highly rated on AVVO and was honored as a Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation in March 2015.. With extensive experience handling various workers' compensation claims, including those related to occupational diseases, Ms. Stanton is a sought-after lecturer who has addressed unions, bar associations, and medical groups on topics crucial to injured workers and their advocates.

I practice in the area of workers’ compensation, accidents, automobile accidents and injuries, probate, automobile insurance defense, automobile liability defense, civil litigation, defense litigation, premises liability, slip and falls, spinal injuries, wrongful death, personal injury, subrogation and insurance defense. I have successfully represented and defended employers, insurance companies, and third party administrators in many state courts and in the Tennessee Department of Labor. I practice primarily in the Middle Tennessee area, but have defended cases from Shelby County in the west to Campbell County in the east.  I consistently achieve successful results through trial verdicts, summary judgments and mediations. I have successfully recovered money from the Tennessee Second Injury Fund for workers’ compensation benefits improperly ordered by the Department of Labor.. My representative clients include Westfield Group, Westfield Insurance Companies, Target Corporation, Nissan North America, Inc., CCMSI, Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America, Broadspire, Sompo America Insurance, Ohio Farmers Insurance Company, North American Life Insurance Company, American Service Insurance Company, Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, Gallagher Bassett Insurance Services, Zurich Insurance Company, Ryder Truck Lines, Corvel, Hospital Housekeeping Systems, Inc., Indemnity Insurance Company of America, BFI Waste Services, LLC, Republic Services LLC, Gateway Insurance Company, Safety National Casualty Corp., Chubb Insurance, Kasai North America, Inc. and Fire Alarm Installation Company.. In 2002, I earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Nashville School of Law. In 1993, I graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. I have received an AV® Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale & Hubbell.I am a member of the Tennessee Bar Association. I am admitted to practice in all state courts of Tennessee as well as the United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee.. My office offers free initial consultations, hourly rates and fixed flat fees.  My office hours are from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Monday – Friday.