Since 1991, Ron Katter has successfully represented injured consumers in NYC’s five boroughs and the surrounding counties. He has achieved substantial financial recoveries for his clients in slip and fall, automobile, mass transit, professional malpractice and wrongful death case. Ron is an accomplished litigator with significant trial and appeals experience in both the state and federal courts. He is committed to obtaining the largest possible compensation permitted by law for his injured clients.
Ron Katter is also dedicated to raising the caliber of the practice of personal injury law and teaches other attorneys the art of trial advocacy and personal injury practice. He frequently lectures on different aspects of personal injury practice and on law firm management and marketing at bar associations and for other continuing legal education providers.
Ron is the Chair of the New York County Lawyers Association’s Tort Section and was Co-Chair of its Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee from 2002-2007. He was a Delegate to the New York State Bar Association House of Delegate’s (NYSBA’s governing body) from 2004-2007.
Ron is President of the Jewish Lawyer Guild from December 2021 to December 2023. He is also a District Leader of the Westchester Democratic Committee.
Ron is admitted to practice law in New York, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.; the U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ron is a member of the American Association for Justice, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, Bronx Bar Association, Brooklyn Bar Association, and the New York County Lawyers Association.
He earned a J.D. at Boston University School of Law and a B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania.
Pro Bono Work
Arbitrator, Small Claims Court, Civil Court of the City of New York, Small Claims Court, 1993-2000
Legal Community
Westchester Democratic Committee, District Leader
Jewish Lawyer Guild, President, Dec. 2021-Dec. 2023
Trustee and Chair, Legal Committee,
Scarsdale Synagogue, Tremont Temple, 2006-Present
Member, School Board Nominating Committee
Edgemont Union Free School District, 2004-2006
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