Kathleen L. Brandt

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Advocate for victims of birth injuries

Since joining Silver Golub & Teitell in 1998, Kathleen Brandt has focused her work on significant medical malpractice litigation with a special interest in birth trauma. She has litigated a diverse array of medical negligence cases, including the following:

• Birth trauma resulting in infant brain damage
• Maternal death
• Shoulder dystocia
• Maternal injury
• Delayed diagnosis cancer medication errors
• Failure to timely treat infection

As reported in the March issue of the Connecticut Law Tribune, Ms. Brandt recently litigated a maternal death case, Yussuf v. Trias, that settled for more than $4.6 million.

Committed to the legal profession

Ms. Brandt is active in several professional organizations, including serving as past chair of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) Women's Caucus and past chair of the American Trial Lawyers Association Women's Caucus (2005-2006). She also serves on the Board of Governors for both the CTLA and the American Association of Justice (AAJ). She is a member of the AAJ's Professional Negligence Section and Birth Trauma Litigation Group. She is also a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and the Connecticut Association of Nurse Attorneys. In 2005, Ms. Brandt was honored to receive the New Leaders in the Law Award, given by the Connecticut Law Tribune, for service to the bar.  In 2009, she was the recipient of the CBA Ladder Award.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Brandt worked for many years as a registered nurse in both New York and Connecticut. She has been a member of Sigma Theta Tau, (the Honor Society of Nursing) since 1990.

Areas of Practice

• Medical malpractice litigation
• Trauma litigation

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1996
• New York, 1997

Education

• Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, 1996, Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude
• Western Connecticut State University, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Magna Cum Laude

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors)
• American Association of Justice, 2006 – 2008 (Board of Governors)
• American Association for Justice (Member, Birth Trauma Litigation Group)
• American Association for Justice (Member, Professional Negligence Section)
• American Association for Justice (Chair, Gastric Bypass Litigation Group)
• Connecticut Bar Association (Member)
• Sigma Theta Tau (Member)
• Connecticut Chapter of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (Member, Board)

Recent News

• Ex-Marine's Estate Collects $3M After Faulty Diagnosis, August 2011
• Attorney at SGT is President of the Connecticut Association of Nurse Attorneys, May 2011
• Doctors Fail to Diagnose Man's Thyroid Cancer

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