Galfand Berger News

We are thrilled to announce that our firm has been selected as a Best Law Firm of 2024 by the Best Lawyers of America publication. Every year, Best Lawyers, the only peer review guide to the legal profession in the country, releases a list of the top lawyers and top law firms nationwide. To be selected, a firm must first undergo a rigorous selection process. Best Lawyers relies entirely on peer review to ensure a “meaningful and substantive evaluation on[…]

Each year, our firm kicks off the holiday season by donating to 93.3 WMMR’s Camp Out for Hunger campaign, the largest single location food drive in the world. Our firm is proud to announce that we donated 906 pounds of food to individuals in our community – and for the second year in a row, we successfully broke our in-person donation record! For the 26th year, Philabundance (a local non-profit food bank that assists individuals facing food insecurity in Southeastern[…]

Our firm is proud to announce that Senior Partner Rick Jurewicz has been inducted into the Best Lawyers of America – Pennsylvania 2023. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers puts together a list of the premier legal talent across the country through a tried-and-true peer review process each year. To be included as one of the Best Lawyers of America, recipients must first undergo a five-part, rigorous selection process. The methodology is as follows: Nomination submission – Lawyers can be[…]

On July 19, 2023, 37 people from 15 countries became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Berks County courthouse. Gabriela G. Raful, Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, had the opportunity to speak at the memorable event. Gabby expressed her special interest in each of the new citizen’s remarkable journeys, having taken a similar one herself. Gabby immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic in 2005, and became a U.S. citizen a decade ago. She is the[…]

Every year, the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association (PBA) presents the Martha J. Hampton award to an attorney or judge who best embodies the qualities that Martha held dear: a tenacious dedication to the ideals of Workers’ Compensation law and compassion for others. This year’s recipient of the award is attorney Patrick Donan. The award is a tribute not only to its recipient but also to Martha, who was a Partner with our firm before she passed[…]