Gabriela Raful

About

Gabby is a Partner in the law firm of Galfand Berger. She graduated magna cum laude from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Political Sciences and Paralegal Studies and earned her Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law. Gabby practices law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In 2012, Gabby joined Galfand Berger where she represents injured clients in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, products liability and social security disability.

As a native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Gabby is fluent in Spanish. By working with our Spanish-speaking clients in their native language, our Spanish-speaking clients do not have to worry about language and cultural barriers. They can be confident they are getting the legal service they need.

Gabriela is passionate about immigrant rights and the injured worker. In 2006, she was part of the five-member committee that organized a ‘Day without an Immigrant’ march in Reading, PA, where more than 3,000 people attended and rallied for an immigration reform. She continues to help immigrants by representing indigent migrants pro bono.

Gabby is active with the Berks County Bar Association, where she sits on the Board of Directors and serves as Co-chair of the Minority Law Section. The section/committee’s purpose is to promote full and equal participation of minorities in the justice system in general and to identify issues minorities are facing within the judicial system and find solutions for the same. Due to her contribution to community and her extensive pro bono work, Gabby was awarded the 2017 Presidential Award of Merit by the Bar Association.

In 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appointed Gabby to the Monitoring and Evaluation Team of the Language Access Advisory Group for the United Judicial System of Pennsylvania. In her role, Gabby makes certain that the courts remain open to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or people who speak other languages.

Gabby is also a frequent lecturer on workplace and personal injuries and is a contributing author to the The ABA Medical-Legal Guides:  Head Trauma and Brain Injury for Lawyers.  This legal treatise details the law surrounding traumatic brain injuries.