RACHEL E. KOPP works with Firm’s international and domestic securities practice group and is heavily involved in a number of major cases, including In re Parmalat Securities Litigation, No. 04 Civ. 0030 (LAK) (S.D.N.Y.); In Re Converium Holding AG Securities Litigation, No. 04 Civ. 7897 (DLC) (S.D.N.Y.); and Welmon v. Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V., No. 06 Civ. 01283 (JES) (S.D.N.Y.). She has also worked on In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation, MDL No. 1456 (D. Mass.).
Ms. Kopp earned her law degree from Villanova University Law School in 2003. She served as president of the Law School's Sports and Entertainment Law Society, and received a Public Interest Fellowship from the Law School in 2002. She earned her B.A. degree in 2000 from the University of Maryland, majoring in Government and Politics, with a concentration in Languages.
During law school, Ms. Kopp served as a legal intern with the Civil Rights Division of the US. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.; MTV Networks; the mediation program of the US. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in New York. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Kopp is actively involved in the American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. She currently serves as the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division House Delegate (2007-08) and has previously served as Chair of the PBA’s Law Student Division (2006-07). Ms. Kopp is also the Editor-in-Chief of The Affiliate, one of two nationally-distributed publications of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (2007-08), and is a member of the ABA’s International Law Committee. She has previously served as Assistant Editor of the The Affiliate (2006-07) and a member of the ABA YLD’s Special Project Team (2005-06). Ms. Kopp is also a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
Ms. Kopp recently published (with co-author Marcy R. Wagman) “The Digital Revolution is Being Downloaded: Why and How The Copyright Act Must Change to Accommodate an Ever-Evolving Music Industry,” 13 Vill. Sports & Ent. L.J. 271 (2006).