Galfand Berger News

On May 3rd, 2019 Patrice “Puddy” Toland received the Martha J. Hampton award. Each year the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association presents the award, which honors the memory of former Galfand Berger partner, Martha Hampton. Patrice Toland of Post & Schell, P.C., is this year’s honoree for exemplifying many of the qualities that Martha held dear: tirelessly striving to uphold the ideals of workers’ compensation law, practicing goodwill, and being compassionate. James Johnston, the firm’s CEO, says[…]

Galfand Berger is pleased to announce that four of our firm’s attorneys – Debra Jensen, Norman Weinstein, Arthur Bugay, and Richard Jurewicz – are 2019 Super Lawyer honorees.  A fifth attorney, Bradley Smith, received a 2019 Rising Star honor. What Are Super Lawyers and Rising Stars? Super Lawyers is a well-known rating service of attorneys across more than 70 different practice areas throughout the country. Each candidate must undergo a stringent and multi-part selection process, which includes: Nomination by lawyers[...]

Expertise, a web company that identifies the top service professionals in more than 1000 cities across the United States – and across more than 100 different business categories (such as law) – recently released its list of Philadelphia’s top personal injury law firms. Galfand Berger is proud to announce that the firm is being included as one of the city’s top 20. How Philly’s Top Personal Injury Firms Were Selected In order to come up with its list of the[…]

One of our firm’s partners, Gabriela Raful, recently presented a CLE (or a continuing legal education course) at the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Conference of County Bar Leaders (CCBL). Gabby joined four other presenters, and together they discussed ways that law firms can enhance their ability to perform public service projects, along with a variety of other important and useful legal topics. What the Continuing Legal Education Class Focused On The CLE was titled “Exploring New Paths: Community Projects”. Attorneys Wesley[…]

Our firm is proud to announce that Norman Weinstein was recently chosen as a recipient of the 2018 Who’s Who Injury and Injured Workers Advocacy Honor. This award is part of a PhillyLabor initiative that recognizes attorneys who fight to secure the rights of injured victims and workers. Only the top twenty-four Philadelphia personal injury and workers’ compensation attorneys receive the award, which is selected entirely on merit. The Philly Labor Initiative The PhillyLabor Initiative is a pro-labor media platform[…]