Kathleen Kettles

Kathleen P. Kettles is a nurse attorney who led the Medical Malpractice Department as a partner in another law firm for 29 years. During her career she has tried and litigated complicated medical malpractice cases including birth injuries, cancer, traumatic brain injuries, surgical malpractice and psychiatric malpractice. She has helped children and adults to recover millions of dollars in order to provide the assistance they require and remuneration for pain, suffering and loss of wages.

Kathy is, of counsel, to the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm and handles complex medical malpractice actions and provides consultation to the firm due to her extensive experience.

Kathy has lectured on malpractice to the Columbia University School of Dentistry, Fordham University School of Law, and the American Association of Nurse Attorneys. Kathy is a skilled mediator and provides civil mediation services to the 9th Judicial District.

She was a Notes and Comments Editor for the Pace University Environmental Law Review and a founder and President of the Health Law Society.

Ms. Kettles is also the Co-Chair of the Lawyer Assistance Committee for the New York City Bar Association. In her prior tenure as Chair, she convinced NYCBA to hire a Director for LAP to perform outreach, referral, education and monitoring of attorneys with substance and/or mental health issues. The program is now operating for 25 years and hundreds of attorneys, judges and law students have been assisted to recover and start or resume their profession. During her tenure in LAP, she was also a Trustee of the New York
State Lawyer Assistance Trust.

For 10 years she was on the Advisory Board for the School of the Health Professions at Pace University.

She is also a longtime member of the AAJ, NYSTLA, NYATL and the NYSBA.