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Kathryn T. Siegeltuch

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Kathryn T. Siegeltuch is an Associate in the New Jersey office of GRSM and is a member of the Employment and Professional Liability practice groups. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Kathryn graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University in 2016, with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science.  She then attended Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, graduating in 2019. During law school, she was awarded a Dean’s Merit Scholarship and was a recipient of the Dorothy Day Pro Bono Award. She also served on the Villanova Environmental Law Journal as a staff writer in her 2L year and then as the Production Editor in her 3L year.

During law school, Kathryn interned at the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Law, in the Employment, Counseling & Labor section.  Additionally, she served as a judicial extern for the Honorable David R. Strawbridge, Magistrate Judge, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and as an intern at the City of Philadelphia Law Department in their Appeals Unit.

After graduating law school, Kathryn clerked for the Honorable Aimee R. Belgard, P.J. Cv., of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County. During her clerkship, she also served as a Court trained settlement facilitator, handling disputes in Special Civil and Landlord-Tenant matters.

Prior to joining GRSM, Kathryn worked at a regional defense firm representing a wide variety of professionals against claims of malpractice and defending employers against claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, and retaliation.  She also represented municipal and public entities as well as corporations and professionals in claims arising from cyber risk.

Kathryn has also been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2024-2025. This is an award conferred by Super Lawyers who reports that this honor is bestowed on only 2.5% of attorneys in the State of New Jersey who are 40 years old or younger.

  • Mercer v. NIP Group, MER-L-897-23 (2024)(Motion to Dismiss granted for claims against an insurance producer pursuant to the entire controversy doctrine where the plaintiff failed to implead the producer in the underling legal action)
  • Shockley v. Rotary International, et al., SOM-L-650-23 (2024)(Motion to Dismiss granted in favor of Defendants in defamation, tortious interference, and civil conspiracy action arising from plaintiff’s removal from leadership position in a local Rotary club based on Plaintiff’s insufficient factual allegations in support of his claims).
  • Chichizola v. David Sayles, PAS-L-1886-19 (2022)(Summary judgment granted in favor of a broker for claims of malpractice arising from lapse in insurance coverage).
  • Carter v. F.C. Kerbeck & Sons, 1:19-cv-18035 (2022)(Summary judgment granted in favor of car dealership on a Section 1981 claim of race discrimination where Plaintiff failed to produce evidence of any discrimination that interfered with her ability to purchase a luxury vehicle).

  • Author, No Harm, No Foul: How the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Ground Zero Center for Non-Violent Action v. United States Department of the Navy Essentially Weakens the ERIS as an Enforcement Mechanism of NEPA, 29 Villanova Environmental Law Journal 369, 2018

Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Education

  • J.D., Villanova University, 2019
  • B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, Villanova University, 2016

Honors

  • Super Lawyers® Rising Star distinction in Professional Liability (2024)*

*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. The Super Lawyers® Rising Star list is issued by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodologies can be found at: http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html/

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GRSM Team Obtains Dismissal of Professional Negligence Claims Against Insurance Client

April 2024