Rafael C. Haciski
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 200
1940 Route 70 East
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
USA
Phone: +1 856 874 4222
Fax: +1 856 874 4382
Email:
rhaciski@duanemorris.com
Rafael C. Haciski is a trial lawyer, representing corporate entities and individual clients at the state and federal level in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters, with a particular emphasis on mass tort, products liability and toxic tort litigation. Mr. Haciski’s trial experience also extends to business torts, landlord-tenant disputes and franchise and distribution law. In addition to his trial work, Mr. Haciski assists clients in a variety of technology-related transactional matters, including structuring, drafting, negotiating, implementing, reviewing, and/or providing legal advice regarding software licensing; service level agreements; and mergers, acquisitions and business divestitures involving intellectual property assets.
Mr. Haciski is actively involved in handling pro bono matters, and he is a local coordinator for the firm's Green Committee. In addition, he serves as a mediator for the Philadelphia Landlord Tenant Appellate Mediation Program.
Mr. Haciski is a 2005 graduate of Rutgers University School of Law-Camden and a 1997 graduate of Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Haciski briefly served as a public address announcer at the Spectrum for the Philadelphia Kixx indoor soccer team.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Products Liability and Toxic Torts
Professional Activities
- Camden County Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Rutgers School of Law - Camden, J.D., 2005
- Oberlin College, B.A., 1997
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2009-present - WolfBlock LLP
- Associate, 2006-2009 - Lavin, O'Neil, Ricci, Cedrone & DiSipio
- Associate, 2005-2006
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Member, Haddonfield, New Jersey Zoning Board
- Member, Haddonfield, New Jersey Budget Review Committee
- Mediator, Philadelphia Landlord Tenant Appellate Mediation Program
- Alumni Interviewer for Oberlin College applicants
- Coach, Haddonfield Youth Basketball Second and Third Grade Girls' Team
Honors and Awards
- Received the American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "In Drug Products Liability, Pa. Supreme Court Denies Attempt to Introduce "Failure-to-Warn" Theories of First Impression," Duane Morris Alert, May 12, 2011
