Bio
Christen L. Rafuse is Counsel in the Firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Group.
Christen has over a decade of experience in insurance defense and insurance coverage litigation. Her experience includes a variety of defense matters, including construction defect, contract, personal injury, premises liability, and automobile accident claims. Her experience also includes counseling and representing insurers on a variety of coverage issues, including additional insured coverage, construction defect, insured contract and indemnification, and bad faith.
Prior to joining Riker Danzig in 2017, Christen worked as an associate attorney at Methfessel & Werbel, P.C., and from 2013 – 2014, as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas V. Manahan, J.A.D., with her clerkship spent partly in both the Law Division and the Appellate Division.
Christen received her J.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law in 2013. She received her B.A. from Rutgers University in 2010, summa cum laude, with a double major in English and Classical Humanities.
Bar Admissions
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education
Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 2013
Rutgers University, B.A., 2010
Rankings & Recognitions
Thomson Reuters has included Christen on New Jersey’s “Rising Stars” list for Insurance Coverage for 2022 and 2023.
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