Karoline Mehalchick is a graduate of the Schreyer Honors College of the Pennsylvania State University and the Tulane University School of Law. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Trish Corbett, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County.

Attorney Mehalchick is an active member of the Lackawanna and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. She has served as co-chair of the Lackawanna Bar Association’s Continuing Education Committee since 2007, and is a member of the Civil Rules Committee. She is also a Past President of the Young Lawyers Division.

Attorney Mehalchick is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession, and currently serves as Secretary of the Commission, and as Co-Chair of the Commission’s Annual Retreat. She is also a member of the PBA’s Federal Practice Committee and was recently appointed to the PBA’s Review and Certifying Board. Attorney Mehalchick also serves as the President-Elect of the Middle District of Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Attorney Mehalchick is also an active member of the community, co-chairing the Women’s Network Committee for the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, serving as a board member of Serving Seniors, Inc., and sitting on the St. Joseph’s Center Festival Committee. Additionally, Attorney Mehalchick serves as an adjunct professor at Marywood University, where she teaches Legal and Clinical Aspects of Health Care to graduate students in nursing and health administration.

 Attorney Mehalchick holds a BV peer rating from Martindale Hubbell. In June 2006, Attorney Mehalchick received the Michael K. Smith Excellence in Service Award from the PBA. In May 2009, Attorney Mehalchick was the recipient of the Margaret P. Gavin Award. Finally, she has been selected by her peers as a Pennsylvania Rising Star in Philadelphia Magazine in 2010, 2011 and 2012, an honor extended to only 2.5% of Pennsylvania attorneys under the age of 40.

Attorney Mehalchick is an experienced trial and appellate advocate and has represented a broad range of clients in both state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Her practice includes general civil litigation, commercial litigation, education law, civil rights, labor and employment, and personal injury.