 Konopka was born in 1769 to a burgher family in Poznań.He studies law in Kraków, where he was a lawyer applicant in the F. Barss legal practice.Member of the Kołłątaj's Forge organization and one of the Polish Jacobins, and secretary to Hugo Kołłątaj; during Kołlataj's period as the Deputy Crown Chancellor (podkanclerz koronny) in 1791, Konopka held the position of the Secretary of the Lesser Seal (sekretarz pieczęci mniejszej).