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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania
United States District Court of New Jersey

Education
JD Temple University
MA Economics, Temple University
BA Economics, Temple University
LLM Trial Advocacy, Temple University
LLM Taxation, Temple University

Bar Associations
American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Pennsylvania Association for Justice
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Arthur Bugay is a Partner in the law firm of Galfand Berger. After obtaining his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Economics from Temple University, he attended Temple Law School, graduating with honors. Arthur also has two Master of Law degrees from Temple University, one in Taxation and the other in Trial Advocacy. Arthur's practice areas include Products' Liability, Construction Accident litigation, Personal Injury litigation and Employment law.

Arthur is admitted before the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Supreme Courts, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar Associations, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers' Association. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy, serves on the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Exceptional Child Committee. He is "AV" rated as an attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates' Forum and was selected to the 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list.

Arthur has published several articles related to his practice, including:

• Pennsylvania Products Liability at the Crossroads: Bugosth, Barrier and the Restatement (Third) of Torts, 81 Pa.B.Q. 1 (January 2010)


• Bugay, Adrianensen, Document Retention and Destruction in Pennsylvania (2008)


• Product Liability Developments Under the New Pennsylvania Evidence Rules and Recent Litigation, 77 Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, (January 2006);


• Protecting Your Child's Educational and Civil Rights, Exceptional Child Conference, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 15, 2004;


• Bankruptcy and Personal Injury Law: When worlds Collide, PBI, October 2003;


• Civil Prosecution For Criminal Harm: Apportionment of Fault in Inadequate Security Cases, Chapter in Pennsylvania Premises Liability: Law and Forms (PaAJ) and 74 Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly 93 (July 2004);


• Residential construction Defect Claims in Pennsylvania, Lorman Group, March 26, 2004.


• Construction Payment Remedies in Pennsylvania, National Business Institute, February 2003;


• Bankruptcy and Personal Injury Law: When Worlds Collide, PBI, October 2003;


• Pennsylvania Construction Law: What do You do When...? National Business Institute, March 2001;


• Evidence Law Update in Pennsylvania Products Liability Actions, PaAJ, May 1999;


• The Pennsylvania Statutory Employer Defense: a Plaintiff's Perspective, 69 Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly 29 (January1998);

In addition to his work in the firm's Personal Injury Department, Arthur is an advocate for disabled and injured children and for the elderly, the latter focusing upon nursing home negligence. He is an active volunteer for the indigent and received the 1996 Award for Outstanding Service for the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project. He provides volunteer legal services to the Legal Clinic for the Disabled. Arthur also has taught economics at Temple University and economics and business law at Moravian College. Arthur has served on the Board of Directors for the Disabilities Rights Network, a non-profit statewide public interest civil rights law firm that provides legal assistance and other services to individuals with disabilities.

Arthur is a member of the Shawmont Running Club. He has run several marathons to raise money for the American Diabetes Association and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In 2009, he was Pennsylvania's regional top fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association and completed the Lake Placid Ironman as a charitable event for this non-profit charity.