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We are proud to announce that Farhan Ali, an associate attorney at our firm, has been appointed as a Board Member to the Board of Directors for HIAS Pennsylvania.  Farhan’s appointment begins next month. More About HIAS Pennsylvania HIAS Pennsylvania first started out as the Association for Jewish Immigrants in 1882. For almost 140 years, the organization has epitomized the Jewish ideal of welcoming the stranger and “tzedakah” or generosity, fairness, and charity. HIAS Pennsylvania provides legal, resettlement, citizenship, and[…]

Esta semana hablamos con la abogada Gabriela Raful, del bufete de abogados Galfand Berger, LLP. Lázaro Delgado y Gabriela Raful discuten información importante para los trabajadores y sobre la compensación laboral. Escuche aquí: https://anchor.fm/radiocentro/episodes/CATE-Una-unidad-movil-con-informacion-y-recursos-para-enfrentar-el-COVID-19-ek8dp0

Galfand Berger is proud to participate in the Berks Arts’ Fast Lane Art, a juried exhibition and contest that honors and publicly showcases art from local high school students. Our firm is taking part in the art tour by displaying a piece of student artwork on our office window in downtown Reading. Berks Arts’ mission is to inspire, engage, and unite the Berks community through the arts, education, collaboration, and presentation. If you live in the Reading area, you do[…]

Norman J. Weinstein, attorney at Galfand Berger LLP, helped create the Board Observer Program (BOP), where young leaders gain leadership experience and sit on a nonprofit board. The BOP has been successful for the last 10 years and will continue to help match hundreds of young lawyers with nonprofit boards in the Philadelphia region. Board members also benefit from this program by gaining new perspectives from a younger generation of attorneys. This program allows young lawyers to do more than[…]

Our firm is proud to announce that the Berks County Community Foundation (BCCF) recently appointed Senior Partner Gabriela Raful to membership of its Board of Directors. The BCCF’s mission is to promote philanthropy and to improve the quality of life for the residents of Berks County. The Board of Directors helps to secure the organization’s mission by distributing grants, setting strategic goals, and investing funds directly into its surrounding community. Charity and Community Work Gabby has an extensive history of[…]

The National Association of Distinguished Counsel (NADC) recently named Senior Partners Debra Jensen, Rick Jurewicz, and Michael Malvey as three of the “Nation’s Top Attorneys” for 2020, an honor bestowed upon less than 1% of practicing attorneys across the country. The NADC and its Selection Process The NADC is a professional organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Honorees not only have to elevate the standards of the Bar but also must create a benchmark for other[…]

We previously wrote about Rick Jurewicz’s selection as a Super Lawyer for 2020. We are also proud to announce his selection as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in both Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. This honor is reserved for the nation’s top attorneys. How Super Lawyers Selects Attorneys Super Lawyers employs a four-step selection process in order to choose leading attorneys across several practice areas. The first step in the process is nominations. No attorney can nominate him or herself,[…]

Our firm is pleased to announce that the National Trial Lawyers association (NTL) recently named Senior Partner Richard Jurewicz as one of the organization’s top 25 products liability trial lawyers in Pennsylvania. The Selection Process The NTL is an organization comprised of the nation’s leading civil plaintiff and criminal defense trial attorneys. The NTL names only the top 25 products liability attorneys with superior legal qualifications from each state or region. The NTL’s criteria for membership includes several factors, such[…]

We are proud to announce that Martindale-Hubbell recently awarded Arthur Bugay, a Senior Partner at our firm, with its highest peer rating standard possible: the AV Preeminent rating. This honor is an exclusive one. Only attorneys who reach the highest levels of professional excellence, skill, and integrity are recipients of the prestigious and coveted honor. Before selecting recipients, Martindale-Hubbell conducts a thorough review of all candidates. This review process consists of each attorney’s peers assessing his or her legal abilities[…]