Kathleen (Casey) Copps DiPaola joined Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP in August 2009. Ms. DiPaola was previously a summer associate at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP.

Background

Ms. DiPaola, originally from Clifton Park, New York, graduated summa cum laude and as the salutatorian from Albany Law School in 2009. During law school she was a senior editor of the Albany Law Review, the secretary of the Pro Bono Society, and a constitutional law research assistant. Ms. DiPaola also completed an internship with the Family Violence Litigation Clinic, and judicial placements in Albany County Supreme Court, and the Appellate Division, Third Department. Prior to law school, Ms. DiPaola graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with highest honors and as a member of the Honors Program.

Admissions and Affiliations

Ms. DiPaola is admitted to practice in New York State, the U.S. Northern District of New York, the U.S. Western District of New York and the Second Circuit. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Albany County Bar Association, and the Capital District Women’s Bar Association. Ms. DiPaola is currently on the Board of Directors of the Capital District Women’s Bar Association and a member of the Appellate Division, Third Department’s Committee on Character and Fitness.

Ms. DiPaola is also currently a volunteer at the Lawyer for a Day Program through Legal Aid representing low income tenants in eviction proceedings, and at The Legal Project assisting pro se litigants with matrimonial actions and other family law issues.