Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin announced that John C. Rafferty Jr. was appointed by Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Kim L. Ward as a member of the judicial computer system financial audit committee of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Rafferty re-joined Hamburg Rubin in an of counsel capacity after serving four terms as the Pennsylvania state senator for the 44th District. He is a member of the disciplinary board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and is currently serving his second term expiring April 1, 2025. Rafferty served as the chairman of the Senate transportation committee, vice chairman of the judiciary committee, and member of the appropriations, consumer protection and professional licensure and law and justice committees. He previously served on the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and in 2013 was appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate to serve on the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. Additionally, he was the prime sponsor of Act 89 – The Comprehensive State Transportation Legislation and the prime sponsor of the Comprehensive Updates to Pennsylvania DUI Legislation.