Gabriela G. Raful is a Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, LLP, where she represents injured clients in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, products liability, and social security disability.
Gabriela Raful is a Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, LLP, where she represents injured clients in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, products liability, and social security disability. Gabby is responsible for millions in client recoveries. Her success has led to her selection as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine every year since 2021. Only 2.5% of all attorneys practicing in Pennsylvania receive this honor. Gabby has also been included in the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers of Pennsylvania.
Gabby is Past President of the Berks County Bar Association. She is the first racial minority, youngest, and first naturalized citizen to be elected to this position. Gabby served as Director of the Berks County Bar Association from 2017-2019 and from 2021- 2024. Gabby also served as Chair of the BCBA’s Minority Law Section. She currently serves BCBA as Chair of its Jury Diversity Committee. Because of her contribution to the community, and her extensive pro bono work, the Berks County Bar Association awarded Gabby its 2017 Presidential Award of Merit.
In 2025 Gabby was selected to serve the Board of Directors of PBA as At-Large-Minority Governor. At PBA Gabby is also an active member of several committees and is part of the Workers’ Compensation Section Council and serves as the Section Diversity Liaison and Treasurer. She is a PBA Bar Leadership Institute (BLI) graduate. Because of her commitment to the non-profit communities, the PBA awarded Gabby its 2019 Pro Bono Award for providing volunteer legal services to indigent and disadvantaged individuals who are unable to afford critical legal representation in times of need.
Gabby has served in the Berks County Community Foundation’s Board of Directors since 2020. The Foundation promotes philanthropy and helps improve the lives of Berks County residents.
Gabby was court-appointed to committees charged with recommending candidates for appointment as U.S. magistrate judges to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s federal bench. She also serves the Eastern District of Pennsylvania federal court’s community outreach committee where she works on jury participation initiatives.
From 2017-2025 Gabby served in the Monitoring and Evaluation Team of the Language Access Advisory Group for the United Judicial System of Pennsylvania. Appointed to this role by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Gabby made certain that the courts remain open to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or people who speak other languages.
Gabby is a frequent lecturer on matters involving workplace and personal injuries, jury diversity, language access, and representing non-English speakers, and is a contributing author to The ABA Medical-Legal Guides: Head Trauma and Brain Injury for Lawyers. This legal treatise details the law surrounding traumatic brain injuries.
Gabby graduated magna cum laude from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Political Science and Paralegal Studies. She earned her Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law. Gabby practices law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
As a native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Gabby is fluent in Spanish. She works with our Hispanic clients in their native language. Clients do not have to worry about any language and cultural barriers and can be confident they are getting the legal service they need.
In 2015, Gabriela wrote a chapter for The ABA Medical-Legal Guides: Head Trauma and Brain Injury for Lawyers. This legal treatise details the law surrounding traumatic brain injuries.
Gabriela wrote “Improving Jury Diversity The Need and What Can Be Done” for the Sept/Oct 2023 issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer.
Gabriela co-authored the Spanish version of the book Workers’ Rights to Workers’ Compensation which is titled by the Spanish translation, Los Derechos De Los Trabajadores A La Compensación Laboral.
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