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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 became 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.
Each year the award has been given, Roberta Pichini has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® by Thomson Reuters, published annually in Philadelphia magazine. In 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 she was recognized as a Top 50 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer®, and a Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyer®.
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, B.S., (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 - Present
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Board of Governors, 1993 - 1996
- Chair, Women in the Profession Committee, 2002 - 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 and 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 - The Legal Intelligencer, Woman of the Year, 2012
- Philadelphia Bar Association, Sandra Day O’Connor Award Winner, 2006
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Hon. Robert E. Keeton Award, 2003
Attorney News - Carol Nelson Shepherd and Bobbie Pichini Named 2012 Women of the Year by The Legal Intelligencer
April 24, 2012 - Feldman Shepherd Trial Lawyers Present Creative Lawyering Program in Partnership with The Legal Intelligencer
April 23, 2012 - Feldman Shepherd Trial Lawyers to Address "Creative Lawyering from Investigation to Verdict: Part 2" at Free Philadelphia CLE on March 22
March 22, 2012 - Venue In Hunting Case Presented by Bobbie D. Pichini of Feldman Shepherd
- Accomplished Philadelphia Attorney Bobbie Pichini (Philadelphia Women's Journal)
September 26, 2011 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Roberta D. Pichini Named to U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers in America 2012
September 26, 2011 - Roberta Pichini Greets California Governor at International Academy of Trial Lawyers Meeting
September 9, 2011 - Pichini First Woman to Lead International Trial Lawyer Academy (The Legal Intelligencer)
May 31, 2011 - 13 Feldman Shepherd Personal Injury Lawyers Named to 2011 Lists of PA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
May 27, 2011 - Feldman Shepherd Trial Lawyers Present Creative Trial Strategies Program with The Legal Intelligencer
May 12, 2011 - Roberta Pichini of Feldman Shepherd Named President of
International Academy of Trial Lawyers
May 4, 2011 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Trial Attorney Roberta Pichini Named to 2011 Lawdragon 500
April 19, 2011 - Jury Awards $4.2 Mil. Verdict to Woman Hit by Car (The Legal Intelligencer)
January 28, 2011 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Roberta D. Pichini Presented Strategies for Advancing in a Successful Legal Career at the Philadelphia Bar Association
November 2, 2010 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Trial Lawyers Carol Nelson Shepherd and Roberta Pichini Named to 2010 Lawdragon 500
July 20, 2010 - Bobbie Pichini Comments on the Philadelphia Duck Boat Accident - Pre Press Conference (CW Philly 57)
July 8, 2010 - Bobbie Pichini Comments on the Philadelphia Duck Boat Accident (CW Philly 57 - 8AM)
July 8, 2010 - Bobbie Pichini Comments on the Philadelphia Duck Boat Accident & Press Conference (CW Philly 57)
July 8, 2010 - Feldman Shepherd Personal Injury Attorneys Selected as 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
May 25, 2010 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Trial Lawyers Recognized as Lawdragon National Finalists
April 12, 2010 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorneys Teach Effective Use of Trial Exhibits at Villanova Law
March 8, 2010 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Bobbie Pichini Named to Best Lawyers in America® 2010
February 8, 2010 - Eight Feldman Shepherd Attorneys Named 2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
May 26, 2009 - Roberta Pichini Elected Vice President of International Academy of Trial Lawyers
April 23, 2009 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Law Firm Feldman Shepherd
Attorney Bobbie Pichini Named to Best Lawyers in America® 2009
April 2, 2009 - Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyer Roberta Pichini Participates in International Academy of Trial Lawyers Delhi, India Program
January 10, 2009 - Attorneys Alan M. Feldman and Roberta D. Pichini Named 2009 Ten Leaders for the Greater Philadelphia Region
January 6, 2009 - Seven Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig Lawyers Named 2008 Super Lawyers®
September 1, 2008 - Pichini Elected Justinian Society Secretary
June 18, 2008 - Seven Feldman Shepherd Attorneys Named Super Lawyers in 2007
September 10, 2007 - Roberta Pichini Named 2006 Sandra Day O’Connor Winner by Philadelphia Bar Association
June 18, 2006 - Feldman Shepherd Lawyers Require Destruction of Dangerous Dam as Part of Settlement (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
June, 2005 - Roberta Pichini's Joining Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter & Tanner Listed as One of the Top Lateral Moves of 2004 (The Legal Intelligencer)
February, 2005
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