Christopher Paul Nofal

Christopher Paul Nofal, 35, passed away on May 2, 2018. He was a talented attorney, computer genius and gifted pianist born to Charles and Carolyn Nofal on November 12, 1982 in Jacksonville, Florida. He touched so many lives and will be dearly missed. Chris excelled in academics and received numerous scholarships, honors and awards throughout his life. He was Valedictorian at St. Joseph Catholic School, third in his Bishop Kenny High School Class of 2001, and graduated with a Computer Engineering Degree with high honors from the University of Florida in 2006 where he was tapped by Florida Blue Key and Eta Kappa Nu. Upon graduation he worked for the United States Patent and Trademark Office where he served as a Patent Examiner for 5 years. He concurrently pursued a law degree graduating in the top 5% from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2012. During law school, he was a Law Review Editor, clerked at the United States Attorney’s Office, was a Judicial Extern at the U.S. District Court in Illinois and was named a Yale University Research Fellow. Chris was licensed to practice law in Illinois, the District of Columbia, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and a member of numerous legal societies and professional organizations. From 2012-2016 he was a litigation associate with Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC involved in patent and intellectual property matters. In 2016 he accepted a Judicial Law Clerkship with the U.S. District Court in Texas endeavoring to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. Most recently he worked at the law firm of Regan Whelan Zebouni and Atwood.

In addition to law, Chris enjoyed musical productions and immensely loved playing the piano. When he heard a song he liked, Chris could immediately compose a beautiful arrangement of the melody. He often played piano at church services, weddings, graduations, and other events. Chris also had a wealth of computer expertise. All you had to do was call Chris and he would make the time to resolve the PC related issue and enhance the computer efficiency.

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Christopher Paul Nofal, 35, passed away on May 2, 2018. He was a talented attorney, computer genius and gifted pianist born to Charles and Carolyn Nofal on November 12, 1982 in Jacksonville, Florida. He touched so many lives and will be dearly missed. Chris excelled in academics and received numerous scholarships, honors and awards throughout his life. He was Valedictorian at St. Joseph Catholic School, third in his Bishop Kenny High School Class of 2001, and graduated with a Computer Engineering Degree with high honors from the University of Florida in 2006 where he was tapped by Florida Blue Key and Eta Kappa Nu. Upon graduation he worked for the United States Patent and Trademark Office where he served as a Patent Examiner for 5 years. He concurrently pursued a law degree graduating in the top 5% from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2012. During law school, he was a Law Review Editor, clerked at the United States Attorney’s Office, was a Judicial Extern at the U.S. District Court in Illinois and was named a Yale University Research Fellow. Chris was licensed to practice law in Illinois, the District of Columbia, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and a member of numerous legal societies and professional organizations. From 2012-2016 he was a litigation associate with Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC involved in patent and intellectual property matters. In 2016 he accepted a Judicial Law Clerkship with the U.S. District Court in Texas endeavoring to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. Most recently he worked at the law firm of Regan Whelan Zebouni and Atwood.

In addition to law, Chris enjoyed musical productions and immensely loved playing the piano. When he heard a song he liked, Chris could immediately compose a beautiful arrangement of the melody. He often played piano at church services, weddings, graduations, and other events. Chris also had a wealth of computer expertise. All you had to do was call Chris and he would make the time to resolve the PC related issue and enhance the computer efficiency.

Survivors include his father and mother, his sister Kimberly, grandmother Josephine Ossi, his uncles and aunts Tom and Jean Ossi, Jeffrey and Kathy Regan, Pat and Lynn O’Grady, Robert Nofal, Kathy Nofal, and many cousins.

The family will receive friends Sunday May 6, 2018 from 6 to 8 pm at Hardage-Giddens Chapel, 4115 Hendricks Avenue. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 12 noon on Monday May 7, 2018 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Father Bernard Ahern, Celebrant. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.

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