Katharine C. Koob
Katharine C. Koob
Biography
Katharine “Kate” C. Koob is Of Counsel in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Ms. Koob focuses her practice on the defense of hospitals, health systems, behavioral health facilities, doctors, nurses, dentists and other medical and dental professionals in professional and medical malpractice claims. She has a regular practice of representing clients in trial and arbitration, specifically in cases often involving catastrophic injuries and substantial financial exposure. Ms. Koob has also represented clients in state board investigations, as well as in motor vehicle and premises liability matters.
Prior to joining Burns White, Ms. Koob was an attorney at a Philadelphia firm, where she represented doctors, nurses, hospitals, physician practice groups and other healthcare professionals and institutions in medical malpractice matters.
Ms. Koob obtained her Juris Doctor from Villanova School of Law. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Gettysburg College.
Active in her community, Ms. Koob regularly volunteers her time and resources to various local organizations and causes. She currently serves as the Co-President of the Haddonfield Friends of the Library, and as the Chief Operating Officer and Board/Management Council Member for the Junior League of Philadelphia.
Ms. Koob is a certified arbitrator in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. She is admitted to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the United State District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the United State District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Credentials
Areas of Law
- Long-Term Care Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Professional Liability
Education
- Villanova School of Law (J.D., 2010)
- Gettysburg College (B.A., 2007)
Bar and Court Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- United State District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United State District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United State District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Accolades & Involvement
Community Involvement
- Haddonfield Friends of the Library, Co-President, February 2016 – Present
- Junior League of Philadelphia
- Chief Operating Officer, May 2022 – Present
- Board/Management Council Member, May 2018 – Present
- Member, August 2011 – Present
- Veterans Pro Bono Law Clinic Volunteer Attorneys, Widener Law Clinic, 2013-2017
- Stop Hunger Now Philadelphia Advisory Board, Member, July 2009 – July 2014
- Project Gettysburg-Leon, August 2005 – August 2006
Honors/Awards
- Selected by her peers for inclusion on the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars List, 2019 – 2020
Presentations
- “Small Scale Fundraising, Big Impact,” Junior League of Philadelphia, March 2017
Publications
- Quoted in, “Many Future ED Malpractice Claims Will Need to Survive Gross Negligence Standard,” ED Legal Letter, June 2020
- Quoted in, “Did ED Personnel Review EMS Findings? If Not, Expect Negligence Allegations,” ED Legal Letter, January 2019
- Quoted in, “Late Electronic Medical Record Entries Create Indefensible ED Malpractice Claims,” ED Legal Letter, February 2018
- Quoted in, “EP Defendants Need Forensic IT Experts to Explain EMRs,” ED Legal Letter, October 2017
- Quoted in, “ED Patients in Observation Status are Focus of Recent Med Mal Cases,” ED Legal Letter, July 2017
- “Supreme Court’s Impact on Informed Consent Defense,” Defense Digest, Vol. 21, No. 2, June 2015
