Gabriela Raful Email & Phone Number

Gabby Raful is a Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, LLP. She practices law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She represents injured clients in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, products liability and social security disability. Gabby is the Immediate Past President of the Berks County Bar Association (BCBA). She is the first racial minority, youngest, and first naturalized citizen to be elected to this position. Gabby also served as Chair of the BCBA’s Minority Law Section. Because of her contribution to community, and her extensive pro bono work, she was awarded its 2017 Presidential Award of Merit.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. In 2018, the Pennsylvania Bar Association selected Gabby for its Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2018-19. Gabby is one of only 11 attorneys chosen for this class. In addition, she is the first attorney from Berks County honored with this selection.At PBA, Gabby is an active member of several committees and is part of the Workers’ Compensation Section Council and serves as the Section Diversity Liaison. 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 is also a member of 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 in 2017, Gabby makes certain that the courts remain open to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or people who speak other languages.In 2020, the Berks County Community Foundation selected Gabby to join its Board of Directors. The Foundation promotes philanthropy and helps improve the lives of Berks County residents.Gabby is also a frequent lecturer on matters involving workplace and personal injuries, 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 is originally from the Dominican Republic and is bilingual.