Debra Andrea Jensen

Debra Jensen has been selected five times to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’ list, is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a Lifetime Charter member in Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys of America, and a Senior Partner and Galfand Berger’s Managing Partner and a Senior Partner and Galfand Berger’s Managing Partner. As a Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, Debra contributes to the firm’s core values and mission. And when her fellow partners unanimously elected her as Managing Partner in 1999, Debra became one of three women who were the top managing attorneys at Philadelphia law firms. Debra has a number of published opinions and the distinction of handling a landmark American with Disabilities Act case, which Debra argued – and won – before the full, En Banc, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, advancing the rights of workers to return to employment after disabling injuries. Debra has also achieved significant results for her clients in the area of medical malpractice law, representing individuals and families who suffered catastrophic losses as a result of medical mistakes. Debra is a frequent lecturer on subjects including nursing home abuse, medical malpractice and employment discrimination. She is also a contributing author to the firm’s well-known publications “Workers’ Rights to Workers’ Compensation” and “Injured on the Job.”

Temple University

J.D. (1980) | Law

1980

Honors: Graduated with Honors

Temple University

B.A.

1976

Senior Partner/Managing Partner

Galfand Berger LLP

Current

Debra Jensen is a Senior Partner and Galfand Berger’s Managing Partner. As a Senior Partner at Galfand Berger, Debra contributes to the firm’s core values and mission. And when her fellow partners unanimously elected her as Managing Partner in 1999, Debra became one of three women who were the top managing attorneys at Philadelphia law firms.

Arbitrator

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Current

Debra Jensen served as an arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

Best Attorneys In America

Rue Ratings

2015

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Super Lawyers

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

The National Trial Lawyers

Pennsylvania State Bar

Member

Current

Philadelphia Bar Association

Member

Current

American Association of Justice

Member

Current

National Employment Lawyers Association

Member

Current

Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association

Member

Current

Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Middle District of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Since 1981

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

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