Pawel Kostro
Lawyer
Born Jan. 9, 1949, Buenos Aires, Argentina; came to U.S., 1959; son of Jerzy and Irena (Dzikowska); married Krystyna (Neumann); children: Marek, Ryszard, Malgorzata.
Education: Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), 1971, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), 1975, City University of New York (CUNY); Juris Doctor (J.D.) (cum laude), Seton Hall University, Newark (NJ), 1988.
Career: investment banker, Lehman, Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb, 1973-78, Blyth, Eastman, Paine, Webber, 1978-80, New York City; officer, Dictatype Services, Inc., Westfield (NJ), 1980-81; director of finance, Western Union Corporation, Upper Saddle River (NJ), 1981-88; attorney, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills (NJ), 1988-90, Cassidy, Foss & San Filippo, Red Bank (NJ), 1990-92, Paul G. Kostro, A Professional Corporation, Westfield (NJ), 1992 -.
Member of: arbitrator, Better Business Bureau, U.S. District Court for District of New Jersey, Newark; American Bar Association (ABA); New Jersey State Bar Association; Hispanic Bar Association; Merit Badge counselor, Boy Scouts of America, Westfield (NJ); Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish American Republican Caucus, University Club, Polish Cultural Foundation, Clark (NJ); past member, Polish Scouting in America - Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego (Z.H.P.), Queens (NY), Westfield Jaycees, New York City Auxiliary Police.
Served with: U.S. Army, Airborne, 2nd Iieutenant.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Spanish.
Hobby: photography.
Home: 304 Wells St., Westfield, NJ 07090.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996