Kathy S. Bower

Firm Position
Kathy is the managing partner at the Southbury branch of Gager, Emerson, Rickart, Bower & Scalzo, LLP. Kathy is admitted to practice law in three states: Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. She also practices in State and Federal Courts in a wide variety of civil matters.

Kathy is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the State University of New York at Oswego and received her Juris Doctor Degree from Hofstra University School of Law. She began her legal career in 1987 at the Manhattan office of Thurm & Heller; she joined Gager in 1990 and became partner in 1994.

Kathy presently serves as a Special Master in the United States District Court. She also serves as an Attorney Trial Referee Arbitrator and Fact Finder at the Superior Court.

Individual Services Group
Litigation Services Group
Mediation Services

Practice
Plaintiff's Personal Injury
Workers' Compensation
Insurance Defense
Insurance Coverage
Family Law
Divorce Mediation

Professional Associations
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Connecticut Bar Association
Member, Waterbury Bar Association
Member, New Haven Bar Association
Member, National Association of Professional Women

Other Professional Activities
Attorney Trial Referee
Special Master, Federal Court

Business Organizations and Community Activities
Board of Directors, Audubon at Bent of the River
Board of Directors, Waterbury Regional Chamber
Board of Directors, Southbury Perpetual Fund
Board of Directors, Southbury Business Association
Connecticut Community Foundation, LitLinks Grant Committee Member
National Association of Women Business Owners
Southbury Public Library 2004 Fund Committee Member

Education
Hofstra University School of Law,
Hempstead NY
(J.D., 1987)

Articles Editor, Hofstra University Labor Law Journal
Hempstead NY

State University of New York
College at Oswego, Oswego, NY
(B.A., Magna Cum Laude, History and Public Justice, 1985)

Phone: (203) 262-6600
Email: bower@gpsouthbury.com