Attorneys
Litigation Background
Mr. Dopf has litigated multiple major actions to conclusion in both State and Federal Court as a partner at Kopff, Nardelli & Dopf LLP and as a principal of DOPF, P.C.
Education
- LL.M., International Law, New York University School of Law, 1983
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1979
- B.S., Fordham University, cum laude, 1975
Legal Associations
- Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Professional
- Member, Bar of the State of New Jersey, 1979
- Member, Bar of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1979
- Member, Bar of the State of New York, 1980
- Member, Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1980
- Member, Bar of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1980
- Member, Bar of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1980
- Member, Bar of the United States Court of International Trade, 1981
- Member, Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1983
- Biographee, Who’s Who in American Law, Sixth through Nineteenth Editions
- Biographee, Who’s Who in America, Fifty-Fourth through Seventieth EditionsBiographee, Who’s Who in the World,
- Eighteenth, Twenty-First, Twenty-Third through Twenty-Fifth, Twenty-Seventh through Thirty-Third Editions
- Biographee, Who’s Who in the East, Twenty-Seventh Edition, Thirty-Seventh through Forty-Third Editions
- Biographee, Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Third and Fourth Editions
Legal Employment History
DOPF, P.C.
Member, June 2012 – Present
Kopff, Nardelli & Dopf
Member, February 1982 – May 2012
Martin Clearwater & Bell
Associate, January 1980 – September 1981
Faculty Member
- New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Program, “How to Handle a Neck and Back Injury Case,” December 4, 1998.
- The New York State Judicial Institute, Educational Seminar 2008: Medicine for Judges, January 15, 2008.
- New York State Trial Lawyer’s Institute: Medical Malpractice Seminar, April 3, 2008
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting and Tripartite Meeting, Boston, MA (2008)
- Invited Lecturer: “Avoiding The Lawsuit – In the First Place.”
- The Society of Gynecologic Oncology 44th Annual Meeting – 2013
- The American College of Surgeons Congress in San Francisco, California – 2014
- Master Class in Jury Selection, Suffolk Academy of Law, April 26, 2017
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association – “25 Trial Issues Seminar,” June 24, 2019
- Sexual Medicine Society of North America, What Surgeons Need to Know About the Medicolegal Issues in Penile Surgery, November 15, 2020
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association – Birth Trauma Litigation and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, January 23, 2024
Awards and Honors
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New York Area’s Best Lawyers, “New York Magazine,” 2006 through 2020.
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New York Super Lawyers, 2006 Edition through 2024.
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Best Lawyers in America: 2007 to 2024.
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Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated Attorney – Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards: 1985 through 2024.
Publications (Co-Author)
- “Selected Topics in Damages in Personal Injury Actions,” Proving and Defending against Damages in Personal Injury Litigation, Practising Law Institute, 1993.
- “Trial Practice: Evidence and Witnesses” (Chapter 14) and “The Collateral Source Rule” (Chapter 18), Medical Malpractice in New York, New York State Bar Association, 1993.
- “Medical Malpractice Case Management in Discovery: A Defense Perspective,” Fundamentals of Medical Malpractice Litigation, Practising Law Institute, 1992.
- “Modern Trends in Obstetrical Malpractice,” Journal of the Bellevue Obstetrical & Gynecological Society, Vol. VIII, Spring, 1992.
- “Handling Your First Medical Malpractice Case,” Practising Law Institute, 1991.
- “Trial Practice in a Medical Malpractice Case: A Defense Perspective,” The Management and Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case, Practising Law Institute, 1990.
- “People v. Plummer, et al.: Psychomotor Epilepsy – The Defense Fails,” The New York Journal of Epilepsy, Volume 1, Number 3, 1980.
Lectures Delivered
- “Toxic Torts from the Standpoint of Defense Counsel for Physicians,” International Bar Association 21st Biennial Conference, September, 1986.
- “Defending Oral & Maxillofacial Malpractice Claims,” New York State Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Annual Conference, 1990.
- “The Management and Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case,” Practising Law Institute Seminar, 1990.
- “Handling Your First Medical Malpractice Litigation: From a Defense Perspective,” Practising Law Institute, 1991.
- “The Obstetrical Malpractice Suit,” Grand Rounds, New York University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1992.
- “Medical Malpractice Litigation,” Grand Rounds, Memorial Hospital-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
- “Economic Damages From a Defense Perspective,” Practising Law Institute, 1993.
- “Issues Involving Allegations of Pathology Malpractice,” Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology, Primary Guest Lecturer, Chicago, Illinois, 1994.
- “Defending Alleged Neurosurgical Malpractice Claims,” Visiting Professor – Grand Rounds, Neurological Institute of the City of New York at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1995.
- “Obstetrical Malpractice,” Visiting Professor – Grand Rounds, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1997.
- “The Adverse Neurosurgical Event,” Visiting Professor – Grand Rounds, Neurological Institute of the City of New York at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1997.
- “Liability of Psychiatrists in Physician-Patient Relationships,” The Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Lenox Hill Hospital, June 11, 2001.
- Invited Lecturer: 60th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Washington, D.C. (2007) “Avoiding The Lawsuit – In the First Place.” (Placed Third Best Speaker out of 150 speakers.)
- The New York State Bar Association’s Program on Medical Malpractice, Fall 2009.
- The New York State Bar Association’s Program on Expert Testimony – What You Need to Know In New York, October 15, 2010.
- “The Legal Implications of Robotic Surgery.” The 2014 Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
- New York State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Annual Meeting, January 28, 2015.
- “Legal Aspects of Robotic Gastrointestinal Surgery: Program Planning, Approach, and Applications.” The American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2016.
- American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 2018 Annual District II Meeting, October 2018. “How to Avoid a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit.”
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