Kristian Krober

New York, NY10 years experienceAdmitted 2016

About Kristian Krober

Kristian Krober is an Associate Attorney at Block O'Toole & Murphy in New York City, where he represents victims of serious personal injury and wrongful death. A native New Yorker, he brings significant trial experience from his time as a prosecutor.

Kristian served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office from 2015 to 2019, where he prosecuted hundreds of cases, including violent felonies. He has since transitioned to plaintiffs' personal injury work and has secured numerous high-value results, including a $2,300,000 settlement for the family of a cyclist killed by a box truck, a $2,225,000 settlement for a driver injured by a tractor trailer, an $1,850,000 settlement for a slip-and-fall victim who required multiple surgeries, and a $1,750,000 settlement for a minivan door-strike victim.

Kristian earned his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 2015, where he served as Executive Articles Editor of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History cum laude from Fordham University in 2011, where he was named to the Dean's List from 2008 to 2011. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Personal Injury - Plaintiff from 2021 to the present and named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Block O'Toole & Murphy

These results are credited to Block O'Toole & Murphy. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Brooklyn jury found the NYC Transit Authority fully at fault after a track crew dropped a railroad tie onto cyclist Robert Liciaga, severing his spine, and returned $110,174,972.38.

Kings County Supreme Court, Brooklyn, NY · 2019Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$53.5 millionVerdict

A Brooklyn jury found general contractor Mecca Contracting failed to protect Alan Moonsammy from a fall that left him paralyzed and awarded him $53.5 million.

Kings County Supreme Court, Brooklyn, NY · 2023Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Brooklyn Law School
JD, 2015
Fordham University
Undergraduate, 2011

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of NY, admitted 2016
State Bar of NJ, admitted 2016
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Awards & recognition

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