Virgie M. Vakil

Email: vvakil@kgpv.com

Concentrations:

• Family & Divorce Custody Support
• Divorce Settlement Agreements
• Pre-Nuptial & Post Nuptial Agreements
• General Civil Litigation
• Business

Educational Background:

• Temple University School of Law - J.D. 1981
• West Chester University - B.A. 1976
• Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing - R.N. 1964

Employment:

• Kelly Grimes Pietrangelo & Vakil, P.C.

Media, Pennsylvania

Shareholder - 1991 through present

• Gibbons, Buckley, Smith, Palmer & Proud, P.C.

Media, Pennsylvania, 

Partner - 1991 

Associate - 1987 - 1990

• Riddle Memorial Hospital

General Counsel

Media, Pennsylvania - 1986 - 1993

• Private Practice in Law
• Sole Practitioner - 1981 - 1987
• Utilization Review Analyst
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Delaware - 1971
• Instructor of Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Crawford Long Hospital of Emory University,

Atlanta, Georgia - Spring Semester, 1969

• Instructor of Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Piedmont Hospital School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia - 1967 - 1968

Operating Room Staff Nurse

• Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia - 1966 - 1967

Charge Nurse Surgical Unit (Cardio-Thoracic Surgery)

• Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA - 1964 - 1966

Honor Societies:

• Psi Chi - The National Honor Society in Psychology
• Pi Gamma Mu - The National Social Science Honor Society

Trial Experience:

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Court of Common Pleas of Delaware, Chester, Berks, Bucks, Montgomery,
• Dauphin, Chester and Philadelphia Counties
• Pennsylvania Nurse Board
• Social Security Administration
• Workers Compensation Hearings

Publications:

• Contributor to Practices, Nurse's Reference Library, Springhouse Corporation: 1984, Springhouse, PA
• Contributor to NURSE'S LEGAL HANDBOOK, Springhouse Corporation: 1985, Springhouse, PA
• Contributor to NURSE'S HANDBOOK OF LAW-ETHICS, Springhouse Corporation: 1992, Springhouse, PA
• Contributor to NURSE'S LEGAL HANDBOOK, Third Edition Springhouse Corporation: 1996, Springhouse, PA
• Contributor to NURSE'S LEGAL HANDBOOK, Fourth Edition Springhouse Corporation: 2000, Springhouse, PA

Lecturer:

• Lecturer at 13th Annual Women's Conference, April, 1991 Legal Issues for Nurses @ Pennsylvania Chapter of Occupational Health Nurses, December 1987
• Faculty and Speaker at the National Meeting of the Occupational Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, April, 1987 and April, 1988 in New Orleans, LA
• Lecturer at Delaware Valley Association of Occupational Health Nurses - 1985 - 1986 Continuing Education Series, December, 1986
• Lecturer to Junior Class, Neumann College School of Nursing, November, 1983, March 1984 - A Legal Issues for the Practicing Nurses
• Lecturer at Rehabilitation Nurses Association Meeting, March, 1984 A Legal Issues for Nurses
• Lecturer Continuing Education Program for Nurses, Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, PA - January, 1986 Legal Issues for Operating Room Nurses
• Delaware County Community College, Center for Allied Health Continuing Education, April, 1983 - Workshop Legal Issues for Nurses (6 contact hours)
• Speaker at Meeting of Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, April 4, 1998, Harrisburg, PA. Advance Directives and Organ Donation
• Course Planner & Presenter at Second Annual Elder Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, PA Family Feuds - Divorce & Remarriage, July, 1999
• Speaker at Delaware County Bar Association Civil Education Seminar Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, May, 1999

Professional and Civic Associations:

• Board of Directors of Delaware County Home Care Association - 1988-1997
• Delaware County Bar Association - 1981- present

Who's Who of American Women:

• Delaware County Red Mass Committee - 1991 - present
• Pennsylvania Bar Association - 1981 - present
• Board of Directors, Delaware County Bar Association - (1990 - 1992)
• Guy G DeFuria American Inn of Court - 1990 - present
• Delaware County Chamber of Commerce
• League of Women Voters
• Legal Direct - Women's Resource Center
• Business & Professional Women/USA

Admitted to Practice in Front of the Following Courts:

• United States Supreme Court
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit