Krista M. Kochosky

Krista M. Kochosky is an Equity Partner with The Lynch Law Group and serves the Firm as Chair of the Real Estate Law Practice Group and Chair of the Litigation Practice Group. In addition, she is a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Group. An exceptionally knowledgeable and skilled attorney with 25 years of experience, Krista’s practice is devoted to assisting individuals and businesses with matters related to real estate law, including both transactional and litigation matters.

Krista assists real estate investors with business formation as well as acquisition and sale/leasing of residential and commercial property. She represents developers/builders and individual property owners with zoning and land use matters before municipal boards and in civil court inclusive of boundary disputes and quiet title actions. She represents commercial landlords with leasing and property management of retail space as well as residential lessors of long and short term rental properties.

In addition to her assistance with transactions, Krista has extensive litigation experience representing clients in civil suits in state and federal courts in actions for breach of sales and construction contracts, quiet title/specific performance, and violation of consumer protection laws. She lectures frequently for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and national programs. Her most recent presentations include “Quiet Title Actions: Primer in PA,” “Drafting and Modifying Agreements of Sale,” “The Role of Insurance and Indemnity in Business Litigation,” “Drafting & Modifying Residential Agreements of Sale” and “Airbnb, VRBO and Short-Term Rental Leases.”

Krista is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Court for the Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, as well as the Supreme Court of West Virginia. She has been recognized multiple times as one of the Best Lawyers in America by Super Lawyers. She graduated magna cum laude from Kent State University in 1993 with a B.A. in English, and received her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1997, where she represented Duquesne in Trial Advocacy.

Krista was born and raised in Pittsburgh, graduated from Duquesne University School of Law, and lives in the Cranberry Township area with her husband.