Kimberly A. Zabroski

Kimberly A. Zabroski focuses her practice on workers’ compensation litigation representing insurance carriers and self-insured employers, most notably airlines.

Having handled hundreds of workers’ compensation claims throughout Pennsylvania and North Carolina, Kim has an in-depth knowledge of a wide range of medical conditions including toxic exposure and air quality injuries, repetitive trauma injuries, psychiatric and stress-related injuries, cardiac injuries, specific loss injuries and general orthopedic conditions.

Kim has evaluated, tried and appealed many types of cases before the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, the North Carolina Industrial Commission, and in state and federal courts. Her successful litigation at the North Carolina Supreme Court in the matter of Shaw v. US Airways, Inc., 665 S.E. 2d 449 (N.C. 2008) led to a significant court ruling that an employer’s contributions to an employee’s retirement account are not included in the calculation of the employee’s weekly wage for workers’ compensation purposes.

Kim is a dedicated and active member of the legal community. She was recently appointed to a second three-year term to serve as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Certification Committee, 2019 – present. She is also respected and recognized among her peers having been named to Best Lawyers in America© (2010-2024) and she was inducted in 2020 as a Fellow to The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers.

Prior to joining Chartwell Law, Kim was a partner with an international employment firm in Pittsburgh.  

While in law school, Kim served as recent decisions editor of the Duquesne Law Review. She also served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Jeffrey J. Manning of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.

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