Experience

Ms. Coppola counsels corporate clients in commercial, employment, and business matters and has advised numerous clients on corporate compliance issues. Her extensive trial experience includes work as lead trial counsel in business disputes, insurance litigation, and construction-related disputes. Ms. Coppola has successfully tried numerous high-exposure cases to verdict in both state and federal courts. She also has successfully argued appeals at all appellate levels, including the New York Court of Appeals. During her career, Ms. Coppola served as law clerk to Hon. H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr., Western District of New York.

Affiliations

• New York State Bar Association
• Erie County Bar Association
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Member, Diversity Law Institute
• Member, The Trial Law Institute
• Commercial Arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau
• Asian Connection of WNY, Inc. - Co-founder and member of the Board of Directors
• Independent Insurance Agents Association of WNY
• Canisius College Women's Business Center Advisory Board
• Working for Downtown
• Smallwood Drive Elementary School PTA Executive Board
• Secretary of the Mid Day Club of Buffalo’s Board of Directors

Education

• Syracuse University, B.S., magna cum laude
• Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude

Admissions

• New York State
• United States District Court for the Western and Northern Districts of New York
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western and Northern Districts of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Awards

• Women of Influence Award by Business First, 2011
• Super Lawyers, 2009, 2010, 2011
• United Who's Who Executives and Professionals, 2006
• Women Who Mean Business Award by Business First, 2005
• Who's Who in Law as recognized by Business First and the Buffalo Law Journal, 2005
• Inducted into the Order of the Barristers, the Order of the Coif, and the Justinian Honorary Law Society, Syracuse University Law School