Michael K. Gruber

Mr. Gruber, a partner at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP, handles workers compensation cases for the firm.

He is a graduate of Michigan State University in 1991 and earned his Juris Doctorate degree from The University of Denver College of Law in 1995.

Mr. Gruber has been a workers compensation lawyer since 1996. In addition to litigating workers compensation claims, he oversees the Workers Compensation Appellate Division practice at the firm and has been successful in numerous appeals to the New York State Appellate Division, Third Department.

Mr. Gruber has been the chairman of the Workers Compensation Committee of the Brooklyn Bar Association since 2012. In 2018, he was named a Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers. Mr. Gruber is a member of the Injured Workers Bar Association and the Workers Compensation Alliance, organizations focusing on workers compensation issues in New York. Mr. Gruber is a Past President and serves on the Board of Directors of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group, a national organization dedicated to protecting the rights of injured workers. He regularly lectures on workers compensation law to various labor organizations. Mr. Gruber was named to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Workers’ Compensation for 2021-2023.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Named to the Super Lawyers list in the area of Workers’ Compensation, 2021-2023

• Brooklyn Bar Association

• Injured Workers Bar Association

• Workers Compensation Alliance

• Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group

• College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers