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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Education
JD, Temple University
BA, Penn State University

Bar Associations
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Pennsylvania Association for Justice
American Association for Justice
Jagiellonian Law Society

Richard M. Jurewicz

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With well over 150 million dollars in verdicts and settlements to his credit, Rick Jurewicz handles Galfand Berger's catastrophic product liability and construction accident cases. As a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for the past seven consecutive years (2004-2011),  Rick is recognized by his adversaries and opponents as an extremely skilled trial attorney who zealously represents his clients' rights.  In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Rick was selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Top 100 lawyer's list, an honor limited to only 100 out of Pennsylvania's nearly 34,000 lawyers!  So, it comes as no surprise that in 2011, Rick was also selected to the newly-minted category of top 100 Philadelphia attorneys

Rick has been responsible for achieving some of the largest recoveries in Galfand Berger's history. Such notable results include 12 and 8 million dollar settlements for two paraplegic construction workers and 10 million and 5 million dollar recoveries for burn injury victims.

Rick is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Galfand Berger having been with the firm since 1984. He graduated with distinction from Penn State University and received his Juris Doctorate from Temple University School of Law in 1983. Following graduation, he started his legal career serving a judicial clerkship with the Honorable James T. McDermott of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. After finishing his judicial clerkship, Rick came to Galfand Berger to begin a career as a trial attorney in the firm's litigation department.

Rick's practice is concentrated in the area of products liability having handled countless numbers of industrial and consumer products. He also focuses his practice in construction accident litigation and automobile accidents.

Rick is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is also one of 100 Pennsylvania attorneys inducted into the Outstanding Lawyers of America. Since 2004, Rick has been selected as to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyer list, an honor given to the top 5% of more than 34,000 Pennsylvania lawyers. In 2009, 2010 and 2011,  Rick was named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top 100 attorneys in Pennsylvania! And, in 2011, Rick was included in The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers - Pennsylvania. 

Rick has received an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating an attorney can receive. Rick is a fellow member of the American Academy of Trial Counsel, which membership is comprised of less then 1% of all attorneys in the United States. He has been admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He has served as an Arbitrator for both the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Rick is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PaAJ), American Association for Justice (AAJ) and the Jagiellonian Law Society. Additionally, Rick is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers for Product Liability.

Rick has had several published opinions on cases he has handled. He is the author of several articles on product liability, product safety and construction litigation and has lectured on such topics as products liability and construction litigation. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum having obtained numerous million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients.

Rick is co-founder and was past President of Kids' Chance of Pennsylvania, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides scholarships to children.