Galfand Berger News

Galfand Berger is pleased to welcome our newest Associate Attorney, Farhan Ali, to the firm. Farhan joined Galfand Berger last year as a law clerk and became an associate with our firm after graduating from the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law. At Temple,  Farhan was awarded the Lena L. Hale Award for his outstanding extracurricular contributions.  He was Secretary of the Student Bar Association and President of the South Asian Law Student Association.  One of Farhan’s most[…]

Galfand Berger Attorney Peter M. Patton was recently interviewed and featured in a television program entitled: “Injury And ‘Unreasonably Dangerous’ Products: How Do Juries Deliver Justice?” that was produced by the American Legal Journal. Peter is a Senior Partner at the firm and has achieved several multi-million dollar settlements in products liability and construction accident cases. The American Legal Journal produces a weekly legal television program that covers constitutional, consumer, and business law and was the recent recipient of two[…]

Thanks to the hard work of Peter Patton and Galfand Berger’s team of lawyers, a Pennsylvania employee was given a second chance in his products liability case after it was initially dismissed without a trial. Our client was an employee of Harley Davidson.  His leg was crushed by a defectively designed lift table. After meeting our client, interviewing witnesses, and inspecting the defective equipment, our firm filed suit against the lift table manufacturer, Knight Industries & Associates. The lift table[…]

Are MDJs, CCP Judges and Court Administrators Required to Provide Interpreters? By: Gabriela Raful, Esq. The number of United States residents who are deemed to be Limited English Proficient (LEP) has substantially increased in the recent decades. A (LEP) person is one who does not speak English as his or her primary language, and who has limited ability to read, write, speak, or understand the English language. According to the Migration Policy Institute, as of 2011, LEP individuals represented nine[…]

Galfand Berger, LLP is proud to announce that Senior Partner Rick Jurewicz has been named in the 23rd edition as one of The Best Lawyers in America for his success in the fields of personal injury and products liability law. The Best Lawyers in America’s peer-reviewed listings are published in more than 65 countries. In their 23rd edition, over 54,900 attorneys who work in more than 140 practice areas were evaluated by a rigorous process; a process that entails over[…]