Kathy S. Bower

Kathy Bower is the managing partner at the Woodbury office of Gager, Bower & Scalzo, LLP. She is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey and in State and Federal Courts.

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. She was admitted to the United States Supreme Court in 2011.

Areas of practice

• Plaintiff’s Personal Injury
• Insurance Defense
• Insurance Coverage
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Probate

Professional associations

• American Association for Justice
• American Bar Association
• Connecticut Bar Association
• National Women Trial Lawyers
• New York State Bar Association
• The National Trial Lawyers
• Waterbury Bar Association

Other professional activities

• Attorney Trial Referee
• Special Master, Federal Court
• Justice of the Peace

Other recognitions

• America’s Most Honored Professional
• National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
• Super Lawyers 2010–2025 for Personal Injury Plaintiff, Personal Injury Defense, and General Litigation
• The National Association of Distinguished Counsel: Nation’s Top Attorneys, Nation’s Top One Percent
• 10 Best Female Attorneys for Connecticut for Client Satisfaction in the practice area of Personal Injury Law, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
• Fellowship of the Litigation Counsel of America
• Rue Ratings Best Attorneys of America Lifetime Charter Member
• James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation
• Best Lawyer 2024
• Naugatuck Valley Project Micah Award

Community involvement

• Board of Directors and Governance Chair, Oswego University Foundation, Inc.
• Board of Trustees and Board Chair, Connecticut Community Foundation
• Women’s Initiative Fund, Connecticut Community Foundation
• Member, Women’s Giving Circle
• Board of Directors, Audubon Center Bent of the River
• Past Board of Directors and Executive Committee Member, Waterbury Regional Chamber
• Past President, Southbury Business Association
• Southbury Public Library 2004 Fund Committee Member
• Chairperson, Pomperaug Regional Community YMCA
• Pride in the Hills Advisory Board 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)