Mala Rafik

Mala has a strong background in patient advocacy, and represents clients denied access to health care as well as individuals seeking short- and long-term disability and care benefits. Mala will assist the committee in making business decisions in the best interest of patients and the members.

Mala is the managing partner at Rosenfeld & Rafik, P.C., a law firm in New England representing clients denied access to health care as well as individuals seeking short- and long-term disability, life and long-term care benefits from private insurance carriers. Mala’s clients are typically individuals with debilitating chronic illnesses and disabilities for whom she has achieved several pivotal litigation victories in state and federal court. She has also has represented several nonprofit organizations whose mission is to foster or provide excellent health care for people in Massachusetts.

Mala is a member of many organizations around New England including: co-chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Massachusetts Chapter of the Employment Law, Social Security & Disability Law Committee, a Vice-Chair of the Health and Disability Law Committee, and a Vice Chair of the Life Insurance General Committee within the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, among others.

Mala has been both a Massachusetts Rising Star and Super Lawyer in Boston Magazine since 2007, and was named a 2006 Up & Coming Lawyer, a 2012 Top Women of Law honoree and a 2015 Circle of Excellence honoree by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. From 2013 to 2018, Mala has been named one of the top 50 women lawyers in Massachusetts by Super Lawyers. From 2014 to 2018, Mala was named one of the top 50 women lawyers in New England and one of the top 100 lawyers in Massachusetts by Super Lawyers.

Mala taught Disability Law at New England Law and is a graduate of Colby College and Northeastern University School of Law.