Patricia Mulvoy Kipnis

Patricia ("Trish") Mulvoy Kipnis is an experienced litigator with a broad range of expertise who concentrates her practice on complex litigation, class actions, and appellate advocacy. Trish particularly enjoys the research, innovation, and writing components of her legal practice: from developing and alleging claims, persuading the courts and adversaries of the merits of those claims, and achieving results for her clients in the courtroom or at the negotiating table.

Trish has led and served on class counsel teams for dozens of certified class actions and helped successfully resolve many of these matters. Trish has taught legal writing and research in an adjunct capacity at both Rutgers School of Law, Camden and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

In her community, Trish serves on the board of the Perkins Center for the Arts and is a weekly volunteer with the Literacy Volunteers of Camden County.

Awards & Accolades

Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2025 and 2026)

2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers

2017 Distinguished Advocate Award, Support Center for Child Advocates

Clerkships

• Law Clerk, Hon. Anita B. Brody, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2003 - 2004)

Government Service / Previous Employment

• Adjunct Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research, Rutgers School of Law – Camden (2011 - 2012)
• Judicial Intern, Hon. Edmund V. Ludwig, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2001)

Representative Matters

• Court awarded class more than $2.6 million after granting affirmative summary judgment in mortgage loan case alleging violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act (Dijkstra v. Carenbauer (N.D. W. Va.))
• Court certified class and awarded each class member $3,500 for defendant’s practice of sending appraisers estimated home values; presently on appeal (Alig v. Quicken (N.D. W. Va))
• Obtained class action settlement for $1.975 million in case alleging debt collection violations under West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act (Henry v. Ocwen (S.D. W. Va.))
• Obtained reversal of summary judgment before Florida’s District Court of Appeal, arguing novel issue of qualified civil immunity in wrongful death case (Martinez v. Taurus Int’l Mfg., 251 So.3d 328 (Fla. DCA 3d 2018))
• Obtained reversal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit when the court found that that under §1681i(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a consumer may recover actual damages even if the defendant credit reporting agency did not publish the consumer’s false credit information to a third party (Collins v. Experian)

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Community and Professional Activities

Volunteer, Literacy Volunteers of Camden County

Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Board Member, Perkins Center for the Arts

Volunteer, Food Pantry of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey

Volunteer on behalf of abused and neglected children referred to the Support Center for Child Advocates in Philadelphia (2004-2024)