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Education

Villanova University School of Law

Admissions

Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals

United States Supreme Court

Roberta D. Pichini has built her legal career around her unwavering dedication to representing seriously injured babies, children, and adults. In the past 30 years, she has honed her litigation skills in the area of obstetrical malpractice, representing brain-injured children, patients who have suffered from a delay in diagnosis of cancer, emergency room errors, patient abuse by medical professionals, and surgical negligence. Bobbie also prosecutes product liability and negligence, including boating and motor vehicle accidents. She is especially proud of a suit against a major manufacturer of children’s cribs, which uncovered a defect that had caused the strangulation of several babies. She has secured many seven and eight figure results, including a $15 million verdict against a surgeon who improperly set a patient’s broken bones, resulting in a permanently deformed foot and irreversible nerve damage. Bobbie obtained a $5.8 million settlement arising from a defective hunting product, and a $5.7 million settlement on behalf of a child who sustained a brain injury from a delay in recognizing signs of infection while she was in a hospital’s newborn nursery.

Bobbie has been recognized as a Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyer every year since 2007, and as a Top 50 Pennsylvania Women Super Lawyer every year since 2004. She was noted as a 2018 Best Lawyer and named the Lawyer of the Year in the field of Medical Malpractice Law (Plaintiffs) in 2014 and again in 2024 by the Best Lawyer publication and has been recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Attorney in the Civil Plaintiff category. Bobbie was awarded the 2014 Michael J. Musmanno Award, presented annually to an outstanding leader and dedicated defender of the rights of the innocent and injured. In addition, Bobbie 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. She was also named as one of four women leaders in Tort Litigation in Pennsylvania and a 2015 Woman of Distinction by The Legal Intelligencer and the Philadelphia Business Journal.

The first woman in Pennsylvania to be invited into the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers (membership is limited to 500 lawyers), Bobbie was elected the organization’s first woman officer in 2003 and later became the organization’s first woman president in 2011. She is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the International Society of Barristers, an elite invitation-only group dedicated to preserving trial by jury, the adversary system, and an independent judiciary.

Bobbie is an honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; Neumann College, summa cum laude; and Villanova University School of Law, cum laude, where she earned the Order of the Coif. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Education

Villanova University School of Law

Admissions

Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals

United States Supreme Court

Affiliations

International Academy of Trial Lawyers Officer, 2003 President, 2001 (First Woman President)

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 Member, Prior Officer and Board Member

International Society of Barristers Member

American Bar Association Member

American College of Trial Lawyers Member

American Board of Trial Advocates Member

Temple American Inn of Court Former President

Justinian Society Board of Governors and Secretary

Million Dollar Advocates Forum Member

Awards

Super Lawyer Thomson Reuters, 2004 – Present
Top 50 Women in PA, 2004 – Present

Best Lawyers in America U.S. News and World Report, 2005 – Present
Lawyer of the Year in Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs – 2017
Lawyer of the Year in Medical Malpractice Law – 2014, 2024

Justice Musmanno Award Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, 2014

Woman of the Year The Legal Intelligencer, 2012

Sandra Day O’Connor Award Winner Philadelphia Bar Association, 2006

Hon. Robert E. Keeton Award National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2003

Speaking Engagements

Charting our Progress – Women’s Initiative Fox Rothschild, 2016

Panelist on Insurance and Legal Scholars Haub School of Business, St. Joe’s University, 2016

Judicial Administration – Securing a Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive Determination International Academy of Trial Lawyers International Collaborative Initiative Tel Aviv, 2015

Bridging the Divide: Plaintiff and Defense Council, Ethics, Civility and Mediation Summit American Bar Association, 2015

Convocation Keynote Speaker Neumann University, 2015

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