Julia M. Rafferty

Senior Counsel

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Philadelphia

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Julia Rafferty’s practice is focused in the areas of product liability and mass tort litigation, life sciences, and insurance defense and coverage.

Julia defends high stakes complex product Liability cases and general liability cases in both state and federal courts. Julia has extensive experience developing litigation strategies. She also has significant experience negotiating, settling, mediating, and arbitrating cases as well as trying cases to verdict. In addition, Julia has in-depth experience defending clients in multi-district litigations.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Julia worked as a Business Consultant and Human Resources Management professional.

Admissions

Pennsylvania
New Jersey
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of New Jersey

Memberships

Supreme Court Historical Society
Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Board of Directors

Education

J.D., Villanova University School of Law, 2002
B.S., Human Resource Management, Boston College, 1995

Honors

Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, 2026, Product Liability Litigation, 2025-2026
Recognized by The Legal Intelligencer as one of Pennsylvania’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track”, 2007*
Super Lawyers® Rising Star, 2006-2008, 2010-2012*

^{*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

The Lawyers on the Fast Track list is issued by The Legal Intelligencer. A description of the selection methodologies can be found at: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/.

*The Super Lawyers® Rising Star list is issued by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodologies can be found at: https://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.}