NEW YORK, NY — Ronald J. Katter of The Katter Law Firm has announced that he has been installed as the First Vice President of the Network of Bar Leaders. An installation ceremony was held during the group’s annual dinner on November 18 in Long Island City.
Formed over 25 years ago, the Network of Bar Leaders is a coalition of more than 50 member bar associations dedicated to bringing together the leadership of diverse bar associations of the greater New York metropolitan area for the purpose of exchanging ideas that are beneficial to the metropolitan bar associations. The organization is comprised of each of the five county bar associations, numerous citywide and statewide specialty groups, specialty bar associations dedicated to every field of practice, as well as ethnic and religious bar associations.
“I am very proud to be installed to this position within this highly esteemed organization,” Mr. Katter said. “In my new role, I look forward to meeting with the leaders of all the bar associations encompassing the New York metropolitan area and sharing ideas with them. We will also talk about the latest trends in the legal industry and any legislation that may affect our practice.”
Mr. Katter concentrates his practice in personal injury law. He has achieved substantial financial recoveries for clients in slip-and-fall, automobile, mass transit, environmental negligence, Legionnaires’ disease, wrongful burial, and wrongful death cases. He is committed to obtaining the largest possible compensation permitted by law for his injured clients.
In addition to his practice, Mr. Katter is a frequent lecturer on different aspects of personal injury practice and law firm management and marketing at bar associations and for other CLE providers.
Mr. Katter is Chairperson of the Board and Past President of the Jewish Lawyers Guild and a Member of the American Association for Justice, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the New York State, Bronx and Brooklyn Bar Associations. He chaired the New York County Lawyers Association’s Tort Section and co-chaired the New York County Lawyers Association’s Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee from 2002 to 2007 and Delegate to the NYSBA’s House of Delegates from 2004 to 2007.
He served as a Trustee and chaired the Scarsdale Synagogue and Tremont Temple’s Legal Committee. Mr. Katter served pro bono as an Arbitrator for Small Claims Court, Civil Court of the City of New York. He also served as a member of the Edgemont Union Free School District’s School Board Nominating Committee. He is a Democratic District Leader in the Town of Greenburgh.
Mr. Katter is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
He earned his J.D. from Boston University School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
For more information, call (212) 809-4293 or visit www.katterlaw.com.
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About The Katter Law Firm
The Katter Law Firm represents clients throughout New York City in personal injury cases including those who have suffered injuries as a result of Legionnaires’ disease, motor vehicle collisions, pedestrian knockdowns, bicycle crashes, slip/trip and falls, assaults, workplace accidents, construction accidents, professional malpractice, nursing home negligence, hospital mistreatment, police abuse, accidental death, pet attacks and cemetery and funeral negligence. The firm aggressively represents injured victims through New York’s five boroughs, as well as the surrounding counties. For more information, call (212) 809-4293 or visit www.katterlaw.com.
