Biography
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
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 Fourteenth, Eighteenth Editions, Nineteenth Editions
Biographee, Who's Who in America, Fifty-Fourth through Sixty-Eighth Editions, Seventieth Edition
Biographee, Who's Who in the World, Twentieth through Thirty-Second 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
Legal Associations
Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section
Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Litigation Background
While employed by the New York County District Attorney's Office and Martin Clearwater & Bell, Mr. Dopf obtained extensive experience in civil and criminal litigation. He has litigated major actions to conclusion in both State and Federal Court as a partner at Kopff, Nardelli & Dopf LLP.
Publications
"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," Practicing 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.
Practice Areas
- Litigation