Roberta D. Pichini, Feldman Shepherd Attorney, Medical Malpractice Lawyer, Feldman Shepherd

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	ROBERTA D. PICHINI




	Phone: (215) 567-8300 Fax: (215) 599-1701 Email Roberta D. Pichini Download V-Card Practice Areas: Auto Accidents Auto Defects / Crashworthiness Class Actions Medical Malpractice Product Liability

Biography

For more than 25 years, Roberta "Bobbie" Pichini has represented seriously injured babies, children and adults. She has litigated scores of medical malpractice cases, including obstetrical negligence resulting in brain-injured children, delay in diagnosis of cancer, emergency room errors, and patient abuse by therapists. She successfully prosecutes product liability actions and is especially proud of a suit against a major manufacturer of children's cribs which uncovered a defect that had caused the strangulation of many babies.

Her diverse practice also includes representation of victims of catastrophic auto and boating accidents, including several victims of the Pier 34 collapse in Philadelphia. A case involving the drowning of a father and son while canoeing resulted, not only in a substantial monetary award, but also in the removal of the dangerous dam which caused their deaths.

The first woman in Pennsylvania to be invited into the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers (membership is limited to 500 lawyers), Ms. Pichini was elected the organization's first woman officer in 2003. She will become the first woman President in 2011. Ms. Pichini has also been invited to join the American College of Trial Lawyers and ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates), and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Ms. Pichini was named by the Legal Intelligencer as one of four women leaders in personal injury litigation in Pennsylvania. She was awarded the Sandra Day O'Connor Award by the Philadelphia Bar Association for professional excellence and advancing the role of women in the bar. Her move to Feldman Shepherd in 2004 was listed as one of the top lateral moves of the year.

Roberta Pichini has been named a Super Lawyer each year the award has been given. In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 she was recognized as a Top 50 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, and a Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyer.

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Ms. Pichini is an honors graduate of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Neumann College and Villanova University School of Law, where she earned the Order of the Coif honors. She was an editor of the Villanova Law Review and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Donald W. VanArtsdalen, of the United States District Court.

Education

University of Pennsylvania (Nursing /Honors)
Neumann College, B.A. English Literature (summa cum laude)
Villanova University School of Law (cum laude; Order of the Coif)

Professional Affiliations

International Academy of Trial Lawyers
American Bar Association
American College of Trial Lawyers
American Board of Trial Advocates
Pennsylvania Bar Association (Delegate to its House of Representatives), 1993 to present
Philadelphia Bar Association
- Board of Governors, 1993 to 1996
- Chair, Women in the Profession Committee, 2002 and 2003
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Philadelphia Trial Lawyer Association (officer and board member)
Temple American Inn of Court (former president)
Justinian Society
-Board of Governors
-Secretary
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Center City Residents Association
- Membership Chair

Verdicts & Settlements

Publications & Lectures

Ms. Pichini teaches trial advocacy skills to practicing lawyers throughout the United States at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. She teaches law students at Temple University's Beasley School of Law and Villanova University School of Law, and has served as an instructor on the advisory board of Temple's Master in Advocacy Program (LLM) for many years. Ms. Pichini has also been an active member of the faculty of the Academy of Advocacy.
Ms. Pichini has been invited to teach other lawyers at over fifty Continuing Legal Education presentations, and has delivered "updates on the civil law" to the annual meeting of the State Conference of Trial Judges.
Ms. Pichini has been invited to speak to a group of attending physicians at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as part of a continuing medical education program on medical legal issues. She addressed the plaintiff’s lawyer’s perspective on avoiding medical malpractice.
Ms. Pichini was invited to speak to graduating seniors at the University of Pennsylvania who are majoring in nursing as part of their course on nursing practice and legal issues. She addressed issues of nursing malpractice and, in particular, how to avoid nursing malpractice.

Awards and Designations

2006 Sandra Day O’Connor Award Winner - Philadelphia Bar Association
2003 Hon. Robert E. Keeton Award - National Institute for Trial Advocacy

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