Catherine M. Stanton
Hello Friends. My name is Cathy Stanton. I will be doing a series of biweekly editorials starting in the next couple of weeks. By way of introduction, I was born and raised in south Queens. I attended elementary school at Our Lady of Grace School in my hometown of Howard Beach, high school at Stella Maris in Rockaway Beach and college at St. John’s University in Jamaica. My brief foray out of state was to attend law school at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. My grandparents, Daniel and Mary Walsh bought a house in Howard Beach in the early 1940s and raised five wonderful children there. While my grandfather passed, my grandmother, or Nanny as we called her, is 105 years young, still wears makeup and pearls and enjoys traveling to see her children, 24 grandchildren and dozens of great grandchildren. My parents, Bob and Kay raised their own six children in Howard Beach. My siblings and I are comprised of two lawyers, two nurses and two firefighters both who followed in the footsteps of our dad, a NYC firefighter for over 20 years.
I am one of the two attorneys in the family and am affiliated with the firm of Pasternack, Tilker, Ziegler, Walsh, Stanton & Romano. My firm has more than eight decades of experience in defending the rights of New Yorkers and getting clients the justice they deserve whether in a workers’ compensation matter, social security disability claim, municipal pension or personal injury matter.
I am finishing up my term as the President of the Workers’ Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG), which is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to representing the interests of millions of workers and their families who, each year, suffer the consequences of work-related injuries or occupational illnesses and who need expert legal assistance to obtain medical care and other relief under workers’ compensation programs.
I am immediate past president of the Society of New York Workers’ Compensation Bar Association; and current Vice President of the Brehon Law Society of Nassau County which is an organization of Irish-American attorneys and judges dedicated to promoting peace, justice, and freedom in Ireland. We celebrate our Irish heritage and we help each other when we can.
I am an avid dog lover and the proud human to two rescue dogs. Most importantly, I am a wife and mother of two beautiful boys. So as my entire 23 year legal career has been dedicated to representing injured workers and their families, it is with that background that I will be submitting a series of editorials regarding aspects of the law that I know best. Additionally I will also answer any questions in my editorial so if you have any topics or questions regarding any of the areas noted above which you would like me to write about, please feel free to contact me directly at cstanton@workerslaw.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
