Dorothy Duffy, Esquire

Dorothy Duffy

Dorothy Duffy was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Catholic University of America in 1983 and she graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Duffy received her law degree from Temple University School of Law in 1986.

Ms. Duffy is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a select membership extended to attorneys who present skill, civility and integrity in their practice. Ms. Duffy is also a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI). DRI is an international association of lawyers and others concerned with the defense of civil actions. Along with those memberships she is also a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association, Philadelphia County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Ms. Duffy has also spoken at several Pennsylvania Bar Institute continuing legal education seminars.

Ms. Duffy handles complex litigation, with an emphasis on medical malpractice defense. She has defended hundreds of cases in Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania counties and has had tried dozens of cases in both the Pennsylvania state and federal courts.

Ms. Duffy has served as lead trial counsel in complex medical trials resulting in defense verdicts including cases involving vascular surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, radiology, psychiatry, emergency medicine and general surgery. She has also represented defendants in mass tort litigation involving products liability, including silicone gel breast implants and various drug litigation, and has served as liaison counsel for mass torts in state litigation, as well as on a national level in federal multi-district litigation.

Named 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine.

Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 1986
U.S. District Court Eastern District of PA

Education:
Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986, J.D.

Catholic University of America, 1983, B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Published Works:
Author, "Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life", Tort and Insurance Law Journal 351, 1990

Author, "Medicine and Law: Recent Developments in Informed Consent and Peer Review", 26 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 331, 1991

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Presenter, “Developments in PA Civil Procedure”, Pennsylvania Bar Institute 23rd Annual Litigation Update, Philadelphia / Mechanicsburg, 2010

Faculty, “Maximizing Your Client’s Recovery in Challenging Times", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2009

Panelist, "Update-Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims and Ethics Complaints in Your Law Practice", 2008

Panelist, "Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims and Ethics Complaints in Your Law Practice", 2007

Faculty, "Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2007

Faculty, “The Nuts and Bolts of the Medical Malpractice Case”, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2006

Faculty, “Masters in Trial”, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2006

Faculty, “Medical Malpractice”, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 2006

Faculty, “Proving Damages in Personal Injury and Death Cases”, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2006

Faculty, "10th Annual Personal Injury Institute", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2003

Faculty, "Tort Law Update", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2003

Faculty, "Personal Injury Institute", Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2000

Lecturer, "Breast Implant Litigation", American Bar Association National Institute, 1993

Faculty, "Medical Malpractice", American Bar Association National Institute, 1993

Lecturer, "National Vice Chair Committee in Medicine and Law", American Bar Association, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Montgomery County Bar Association
Montgomery County Medical Legal Committee
Defense Research Institute

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