Galfand Berger Names Michael Malvey as a Senior Partner

February 21, 2013 – Galfand Berger, LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Malvey has become a Senior Partner with our firm.

Since graduating from the James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University in 2002, Michael has worked in Galfand Berger’s Personal Injury Department, where he handles a variety of cases, including automobile accidents, premises liability cases, construction site accidents, products liability matters, and medical malpractice cases.  He has been a member of the team of Galfand Berger lawyers who have obtained over $75 million dollars in settlements and judgments in the past decade and attained some of the largest, multi-million dollar client recoveries in Pennsylvania.

Proficient in Spanish, Michael also proudly represents members of the Latino and Hispanic communities throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Michael currently is working with the Board of Directors at Esperanza Immigration Legal Services, a non-profit organization dedicated to offering low-cost legal services to immigrants and their families in the Philadelphia area.

Michael is an experienced trial attorney, having successfully brought numerous jury trials to verdict as well as appearing before Arbitration panels, appellate courts and at hearings throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Michael also has a successful track record in appellate matters before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

A fierce advocate for workers, Michael proudly represents the United Steelworkers of America and other labor organizations in Federal labor and employment cases. Michael has provided lectures to Union officers across Pennsylvania on the rights of Unions and their members.

Michael’s accomplishments have led to his addition to the Pennsylvania Rising Star’s list six times. Each year, only the top 2.5% of all attorneys practicing in Pennsylvania share this achievement.

Michael has lived in Philadelphia his entire life.  After receiving a nationally recognized Bachelor of Arts degree from Central High School in 1995, he attended college at the Ivy League’s University of Pennsylvania.  Michael first joined Galfand Berger as a law clerk in 2001, and was named a Junior Partner in 2007.

Galfand Berger has been representing catastrophically injured clients for over 65 years and has a long history of raising the bar for obtaining verdicts and settlements in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. If you or someone you know has been injured, please call Galfand Berger toll free at 800-222-8792 to speak with Mr. Malvey or one of our other attorneys about your legal rights.