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Jason M. Rapa, Esquire

Jason M. Rapa, Esquire is a licensed attorney admitted to practice in the State of Pennsylvania and before the Federal Courts for both the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also the founder of Rapa Law Office, P.C. where he handles all matters of general practice law with a focus on consumer rights litigation.

Since his graduation in 2002, Rapa has successfully represented hundreds of consumers in cases against debt collection agencies and collection law firms recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars for his clients. He is a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney’s. He is also a two-time attendee of the FDCPA Boot Camp held by Peter F. Barry of Minnesota, know by many as the premier FDCPA attorney in the country.

Jason routinely lectures on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act at State and National Consumer Law Conferences, as well as at Continuing Legal Education seminars for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and local Bar Associations.

Jason graduated from Widener University School of Law with honors in 2002, where he was a member of the trial advocacy. He began his career as in a general practice firm in Monroe County, Pennsylvania where he handled personal injury cases and criminal defense and later accepted a position with a Lehigh Valley firm where he focused primarily on bankruptcy and consumer law matters, the bulk of which being suits against abusive debt collectors. Wanting to return to his local roots and seeing a lack of consumer protection attorneys in the area, Jason opened Rapa Law Office, P.C., with the goal of vindicating consumer’s rights.

Biographical

Undergraduate
Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, PA Graduated 1999
Majors: Political Science; and History

Law School
Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, PA
Graduated 2002,
Cum Laude

Admissions

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2002

Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Federal Court, 2003

Middle District of Pennsylvania – Federal Court, 2004

Third Circuit Court of Appeals – Federal Court, 2005

Memberships

National Association of Consumer Advocates, NACA

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, NACBA

Pennsylvania Bar Association, PBA

Published Opinions

Consumer Law

Brown v. Law Offices of Butterfield, Joachim, Schaedler & Kelleher, 2004 WL 1175819 (E.D.Pa. May 27, 2004) (NO. CIV.A. 03-CV-05850)

Court held that initial law firm collection letter demanding payment within 15 days violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by overshadowing a consumer’s right to request validation within 30 days of the initial collection letter.


Moyer v. Turnbrook Associates, Inc., Slip Copy, 2005 WL 2660353, (E.D.Pa., October 17, 2005)


Diaz v. D.L. Recovery Corp., 486 F. Supp. 2d 474, (E.D.Pa 2007) Court held that Debt collectors communication with Consumer rose to the level of Invasion of Privacy Intrusion upon Seclusion.

Attorney
Matthew J. Rapa, Esquire

Matthew J. Rapa, Esquire is an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Pennsylvania, as well as in Federal Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. Like his brother, Jason M. Rapa, Esquire, Matthew handles a variety of legal matters with an emphasis on consumer rights litigation and criminal defense.

Matthew graduated magna cum laude from East Stroudsburg University with a bachelor of science degree in political science. While at East Stroudsburg, he was a four-year member of the football team where earned accolades for his performance on the field as well as in the classroom. He went on to earn his law degree from Widener University School of Law where he was a member of school’s trial advocacy program. While at Widener, Matthew also participated in the school’s law clinic program, representing needy members of the community.

Education

2005 – East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania – Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude.
Majors: Political Science; and History

2008 – Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – J.D. (Trial Advocacy).

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