Featured Speaker:         Kathleen L. Nastri, Esq.
                                   Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, P.C.
                                   Bridgeport, CT

Kathleen will talk about taking on challenges, accepting advice and assistance from others, making wiser decisions, keeping things in perspective, and always being true to one's self.  Attendance will be limited and there will be ample opportunity to interact and ask questions both during and after the presentation.

About Kathleen:

Kathleen Lenehan Nastri is a partner with Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1983 and received her law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law, graduating cum laude, in 1986.  Kathleen is admitted to practice, and has tried cases in Connecticut as well as the U.S. District Courts in Connecticut and the Southern District of New York.  She is also admitted to the United  States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  She works exclusively on behalf of plaintiffs, and focuses her work on medical malpractice for injured patients.

Kathleen is a past president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, and served as its first woman president.  She is a co-chair of CTLA's Continuing Legal Education Committee, a member of its Board of Governors, serves on the Executive and Nominating Committees, and writes a regular column for the CTLA Forum.  Kathleen is also a member of the Association Trial Lawyers of America (now American Association for Justice (AAJ)), and serves on its Board of Governors, Women's Caucus and Public Affairs Committee.  She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and is a fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.  In September 2008, Kathleen was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers.  She has been selected by her peers as a "Super Lawyer" in Connecticut, and has been included in "The Best Lawyers in America".  She is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating for both skill and ethics.  She has lectured extensively on personal injury and medical malpractice at local and national seminars.