Randi F. Knepper€¦ · RANDI F. KNEPPER is a 1990 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where...

RANDI F. KNEPPER is a 1990 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where shegraduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. Ms. Knepperholds a Diploma in International Law and Relations from the University of Wales,Aberystwyth. She received a Juris Doctorate, with Distinction, from Hofstra UniversitySchool of Law where she was a member of the Law Review. She served a Judicial Clerk toThe Honorable Joseph C. Messina, Superior Court of New Jersey. She is admitted topractice in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, the Second and Third Circuits of theUnited States Court of Appeals, the District of New Jersey, the Eastern, Southern, andWestern Districts of New York and the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. Shehas extensive experience in the areas of commercial and insurance dispute litigation,including life, health and disability law, ERISA, contract disputes, pension and retirementbenefits, rescission, insurance fraud, class actions, consumer fraud, and bad faith.

Active in many Bar related activities, Ms. Knepper is a past Chair of the Health andDisability Committee for the American Bar Association, for which she has previouslyserved as a Program Chair and a Vice Chair. She has also served as a Vice Chair of LifeInsurance Committee. She is active in the Defense Research Institute, Committee onERISA, Life Health and Disability Law. Within the Firm, she serves as a sub-chair of theDiversity & Inclusion Committee, and was instrumental in the establishment of and runningof the Firm’s Sponsorship Program. She also is a sub-chair of the Associate LiaisonCommittee in charge of the Firm’s associate training program.

Ms. Knepper was selected by NJBIZ as one of New Jersey’s 2005 “Forty under 40” awardwinners. She has spoken on numerous occasions on issues concerning ERISA, life, healthand disability law. She edited and co-authored the Second and Third Circuit chapters ofmultiple volumes of the ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits, published by the American BarAssociation and the Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Third Circuit chapters ofMisrepresentations in the Life, Health, Disability Insurance Application Process: ANational Survey, also published by the American Bar Association.

Education

Hofstra University School of Law (J.D. with distinction, 1994) University of Pittsburgh (B.A. magna cum laude, 1990)

Randi F. KnepperPartnerOffice: Morristown, NJ

973-565-2033

973-425-0161

rknepper@mdmc-law.com

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Judicial Clerkships

Hon. Joseph C. Messina

Memberships & Associations

LegalAmerican Bar AssociationDefense Research Institute

Awards & Recognitions

Selected by NJBIZ as one of New Jersey’s 2005 “Forty under 40” award winners

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