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Biography
Carolyn (Carey) Chopko focuses her practice on representing clients and their families who have been catastrophically injured as a result of negligence.
Ms. Chopko obtained her undergraduate degree in nursing from Villanova University. She then spent four years as a registered nurse while on active duty as an officer in the United States Navy. She obtained her law degree from Villanova University School of Law, where she was a finalist and best oralist in the Reimal Moot Court competition. While at Villanova, Ms. Chopko served as a staff writer on the Environmental Law Journal. Upon graduation, she received the Arthur J. Kania award for Professional Ethics. Following graduation, Ms. Chopko served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Chopko is licensed to practice law in the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but also regularly assists in trying cases throughout the United States on a pro hac vice basis. She has been admitted pro hac vice to the courts of California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, and Texas.
In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, Ms. Chopko was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star.
Bar Admissions - Pennsylvania, 2005
- New Jersey, 2005
Education - JD, 2004 Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA.
- Environmental Law Journal, Staff Writer
- Arthur J. Kania Award for Professional Ethics
- Reimel Moot Court Competition, finalist, best oralist
- BSN (Nursing), 1997 Villanova University, Villanova, PA.
- Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society
Professional Affiliations - Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association)
Member (2005 - present) - Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
Member (2005 - present) - American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
Member (2006 - present)
- Birth Trauma Litigation Group
Member (2006 - present)
- Philadelphia Bar Association
Member (2005 - present)
- Young Lawyers Division member (2005 - present)
- Executive Committee (2007 - 2008)
- Treasurer (2009 - 2010)
- Chair-Elect (2010 - 2011), to automatically succeed to Chair in 2011
Verdicts & Settlements Publications & Lectures - Naturalization Ceremony, Speaker
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
July 2008, July 2009 - My First Philadelphia Common Pleas Trial
Philadelphia Bar Association, Bench Bar
Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 2008 - Developing and Supporting Theories of Hospital Liability in Catastrophic Injury Cases
Co-author with Daniel S. Weinstock, Esq.
August 10, 2008 - The Paralegals Guide to Proficient Medical Records Translation
Institute for Paralegal Education, a division of National Business Institute, Inc.
Philadelphia, January 2008 - My First Trial Seminar
Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly PTLA)
October 2007 - Medical Records Review for Paralegals
Institute for Paralegal Education, a division of National Business Institute, Inc.
Philadelphia, April 2007 - Northern District of California Delivers “Sound” Judgment in Protection of Marine Wildlife Under the MMPA, Restricting Navy’s Use of Sonar
15 Villanova Environmental.Law Journal, 393-413 (2004)
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