Tara Bustard

Tara Bustard is an attorney at The Law Offices of Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya in Delaware. Bustard focuses on personal injury and workers’ compensation. The practice includes injury and workplace claims involving medical evidence, insurance issues, benefits, liability, and civil litigation. The work calls for close attention to the record, governing law, procedure, and the practical choices available to the client.

Bustard earned a B.S. in Geology and Environmental Science and a B.A. in Journalism from James Madison University in 2002. She earned a J.D. from Widener University School of Law in 2005 and served as Internal Managing Editor of the Widener Law Review. Her education combines scientific, writing, and legal training relevant to evidence-intensive injury matters. The training supports Bustard’s ability to evaluate legal questions, organize detailed facts, and explain options in personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. It also provides useful context for the practical issues clients may face.

Bustard’s experience includes representing injured clients in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases and participating in Delaware trial-lawyer activities. The work has required detailed preparation, procedural judgment, and coordination with the people and institutions involved in each matter. That experience helps place legal and evidentiary questions in the practical setting in which clients must make decisions.

Tara Bustard has received repeated Delaware Today Top Lawyer recognition for her work. She is admitted in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, as well as federal court. This professional record complements Bustard’s work in personal injury and workers’ compensation and related matters. The combination of subject-matter experience, preparation, and communication helps clients understand the legal framework and the practical considerations affecting their next steps.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, The Law Offices Of Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of Georgia
• Legislative co-chair, DSBA Workers Compensation Section
• Co-chair, DSBA Women and Law Retreat Planning Committee (2021-Present)
• Speaker, Workers’ Compensation Breakfast Seminar 2023, Sponsored by the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Past president, DTLA (2022 – 2023)

Licensed State

• Delaware
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Georgia

Education

• Widener University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• James Madison University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Geology and Environmental Science
• James Madison University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism

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