Bonny Rafel, New Jersey Disability Attorney
About Our Firm


OUR ATTORNEYS
We are experienced consumer attorneys providing quality legal representation to people seeking health and disability benefits. Bonny Rafel (certified civil trial attorney recognized by the Supreme Court of New Jersey), JoAnn Quattro, Amy S. MacIsaac and Sheryl Reba along with our talented staff, focus on disability and life insurance matters. Disabled people are in need of quality, caring representation by litigators who are familiar with the practices of the insurance industry. We are efficient, effective and know how the get the best results for our clients. Please take a moment to read more about our attorneys and staff:
Bonny Rafel, New Jersey Disability Attorney   
  Bonny Rafel JoAnn Quattro

Recent new additions to our firm include Amy S. MacIssac, Esq., a graduate of Seton Hall Law School, Cum Laude, who recently joined us after working in the estates and trusts field of law, and Sheryl Reba, Esq., a graduate of Boston University School of Law, Cum Laude, recipient of Paul J. Liacos Scholarship award, who has extensive litigation experience in New York.(pictures to be posted soon!)

 

OUR STAFF
Our staff includes many talented people, including paralegals Michael Thompson, Lucia Petullo and Rachel Rosen, nurse paralegal Eileen Scheid and a complement of law clerks from local schools. Our staff is dedicated to providing assistance to our team of lawyers protecting your legal right to continued disability benefits.The unique input of paralegals trained in the law and medicine keep our clients regularly informed as to the status of their claims so each client knows that his/her unique disability case is being monitored by paralegals and counsel.

Please use this link to contact us, provide as much information as you like to help us understand your questions, and we will call you within 24 hours.

We look forward to hearing from you. If we cannot help you, we may be able to help locate an experienced attorney who can.

Bonny G. Rafel, LLC
570 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Suite 106
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973)716-0888


Bonny Rafel, Esq.

Bonny G. Rafel is a highly regarded nationally recognized litigator, representing consumers in life and disability cases in New Jersey, New York, and many other states.She has received the highest rating, A+ Martindale Hubbell which is based on assessments by her peers.  The Supreme Court of New Jersey has recertified her twice as a civil trial attorney. Ms. Rafel has devoted substantial time during her busy career to mentor others through continuing education courses and shares her experiences by lecturing and writing in many venues. She speaks to varied groups, trade organizations, insurance agencies, financial planners, medical support groups and specialty organizations including NOSCCR on disability issues. Her successes have been recognized in Products Liability Law Reporter published by ATLA, Jury Verdict Review & Analysis, New Jersey Lawyer and the New Jersey Law Journal. She often authors timely articles in her field of specialty, which have appeared in many periodicals, including Life & Health Advisor. Ms. Rafel is a regular featured speaker for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Mealey's, and the American Conference Institute on topics of bad faith, long term disability and ERISA matters. Ms. Rafel was recently asked to participate as lead attorney panelist for an upcoming American Bar Association television simulcast event being scheduled for February 2009, where she will discuss a dozen hot topics in disability law with top gun guest speakers. Ms. Rafel currently Chairs the NJ ATLA Bad Faith Committee, is on the ATLA Board of Governors and a member of the ATLA Education Committee.

She personally interviews each prospective client with a paralegal selected based on the needs of each case.  She provides leadership skills to our firm and her dedication to the cause of the disabled is truly admirable.  She is the Voice of the Disabled.

 








JoAnn Quattro, Esq.

Our newest associate, JoAnn Quattro graduated from Cornell University and with honors from Rutgers Law School - Newark, where she was a symposium editor for the Rutgers Law Review and taught Legal Research and Writing.  She clerked for the Honorable Dennis M. Cavanaugh, (then) Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court, District of New Jersey.  After her experience with the court, she became an associate at Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland, and Peretti, LLP in Morristown, New Jersey, where she practiced commercial and insurance law.  An active community volunteer, she is a past president of the Board of Trustees of Children on the Green, an accredited child care center in Morristown.  JoAnn recently received United Way of Morris County's Gold Award, the highest honor for a volunteer, for her work chairing United Way's Success by 6 Action Team and developing a Preschool Mental Health Initiative to help meet young children's emotional needs.  She is licensed to practice law in New Jersey.