Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Ms. Rafik is a civil litigation attorney who focuses her practice on representing individuals with chronic illnesses and disabilities. In the past eight years she has represented several hundred disabled clients and has won them tens of millions of dollars in benefits.

Ms. Rafik has represented individuals with severe chronic or catastrophic conditions, such as Multiple Sclerosis, HIV, Fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as well as individuals who suffer from disabling mental illness. She has successfully secured health insurance coverage, long-term disability insurance and related benefits for her clients during the internal process and through litigation. Ms. Rafik specializes in health and disability benefits law, with a particular emphasis on ERISA.

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Areas of Practice

• Disability and Health Benefits Law
• ERISA
• Disability Insurance Lawyer Massachusetts

Representative Cases

• Glista v. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America, 378 F.3d at 126 (1st Cir. 2004)
• Ritter v. Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company, 439 Mass. 214 (Mass. 2003)
• Sanderson v. Continental Casualty Company, 2005 WL 2340741 (D.Del. 2005)
• Sanderson v. Continental Casualty Company, 279 F.Supp.2d 466 (D.Del. 2003)
• Skipper v. Claims Services International, 213 F.Supp.2d 4 (D.Mass. 2002)
• Antonio ex. rel. Mother v. Boston Public Schools, 314 F.Supp.2d 95 (D.Mass. 2004)
• Doe v. Raytheon Company, 2002 WL 168279 (D.Mass. 2002)

West Practice Categories

Disability & Illness Discrimination, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Disability, Life & Health

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1997
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
• Boston Bar Association (Member)
• Boston Bar Association, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Section (Co-Chair)
• Boston Bar Association, Health Law Section and Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Section
• American Association for Justice, Health Care and Disability Litigation Group (Member)
• Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association (Member)
• American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (Board of Directors)
• American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (Chair, Nominating Committee)
• American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (Member, Executive Committee)
• American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (Member, Legal Committee)
• Massachusetts Advocates for Children (Board of Directors)
• Massachusetts Advocates for Children (Member, Development Committee)
• Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services (Board of Directors)
• Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services (Member, Nominating Committee)

Classes and Seminars

• ERISA Litigation, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2008
• Alternative Dispute Resolution, DRI Life, Health, Disability and ERISA Conference, 2007
• Litigating Disability Insurance Claims Conference, American Conference Institute, 2003 - 2005
• Litigating Disability Insurance Claims Conference, American Conference Institute, 2007 - 2008
• ERISA Updates - The Year in Review, American Association for Justice, 2007
• Health Care and Disability Litigation Group, Strategies for Winning at the Claims Level and for Developing the Possible Record, American Association for Justice, 2004
• CLE: Beacon for New Lawyers, Boston Bar Association, June 23, 2006
• Elder Law Answers, Tips on Negotiating with an Insurer for Medical Coverage, Boston Bar Association, 2006
• Elder and Disability Law Conference, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2005
• What Employment Lawyers Need To Know About ERISA, Boston Bar Association, November 1, 2005
• ERISA Long Term Disability Claims, Brown Bag Lunch, Boston Bar Association, 2005
• ERISA Primer, Health Law Advocates, 2005
• Long Term Disability Seminar, Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, 2004
• Litigating ERISA Disability Cases: Practical Considerations, American Board of Vocational Examiners, 2003
• ERISA Health Insurance Claims, Health Law Advocates, 2003
• The ERISA Internal Appeals Process, Boston Bar Association, 2002
• Illusive Civil Rights Protection in Employment: Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, MRA Annual Conference & Business Meeting, November 17, 2000
• Understanding Legal Issues Impacting Caregiving, ALS Association of Massachusetts, November 2, 2000
• Practical Considerations for Obtaining Long-Term Disability for People with RSI, Repetitive Strain Injury Action

Education

• Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
• Colby College
  Honors: cum laude

Address

44 School Street
Suite 410
Boston, MA 02108

Phones

(617) 723-7470

Faxes

(617) 227-2843

Emails

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Websites

http://www.rosenfeld.com