Title: Partner
Primary Office: Pittsburgh, PA
Practice Area/s: Medical Professional Liability, General Liability, Nursing Home and Long Term Care Liability
Telephone: 412.434.4780 | Fax: 412.281.4547
Email: pkoczan@wglaw.com
Professional Experience:
Paula Koczan, who is also a Registered Nurse, has extensive trial experience in state and federal court defending healthcare providers in medical malpractice, licensure and Medicare fraud actions. She also handles medical product liability and toxic tort actions. Over the course of her career, Ms. Koczan has handled hundreds of medical malpractice actions in 15 counties in western Pennsylvania. Her clients have included HMOs, physicians, advanced practice nurses andlor physician groups and their employees in every specialty of medicine. She is the chair of the Firm's Medical Professional Liability Group.
Ms. Koczan has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Medical Malpractice Law annually since 2008. In 2010 Ms. Koczan was recognized by the publisher of the Pennsylvania edition of Super Lawyers magazine as being among the top 5 percent of practitioners in her practice specialty within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Koczan has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Education:
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1986.
Carlow College, B.S.N., 1980.
Professional Memberships and Activities:
Admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania.
Member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, the American Association of Nurse Attorneys, and the Defense Research Institute.
Selected Reported Cases:
Schroeder v. Estate of Jaquiss, 861 A.2d 885 (Pa. 2004).
Recent News:
2010-05-25 :: 21 Attorneys Named to 2010 Pennsylvania 'Super Lawyers' List
2009-08-06 :: Six Firm Attorneys Named as 'Best Lawyers in America'
2009-06-19 :: Nursing Home and Long Term Care Liability Practice Group Formed
2009-01-30 :: Three Weber Gallagher Attorneys Honored as 'Best Lawyers in America'
2007-09-24 :: Three Weber Gallagher Attorneys Honored as 'Best Lawyers in America'
2007-01-29 :: Pittsburgh Partners Obtain Pair of Defense Verdicts
Speaking Engagements and Presentations:
2009-09-21 :: Firm Attorneys Speak at Pa. Health Care Association Conference