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Richard A. Jaffe

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Law Offices of Richard A. Jaffe, LLC
  • Recognized Since:
    2015
  • Recognized in:
    Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
  • Law School:
    Tulane University
  • Website:
    https://www.phillyworkinjury.c...
  • Languages:
    English
  • Location:
    Two Penn Center, Suite 1922
    1500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
    Philadelphia, PA 19102
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One of Philadelphia’s best-known and well-respected Workers’ Compensation attorneys, Richard A. Jaffe has been representing injured workers and other disabled individuals for over 33 years. He concentrates his practice on Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane Law School, he is licensed to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He started the firm in 1994 and since then has aggressively fought for the rights of the injured worker in hundreds of cases in the Southeastern Pennsylvania area. He is an active member of the Workers’ Compensation Section of PaAJ, is a Sustaining Member of NOSSCR, and is on the Board of Directors of the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group for 2005-2019. Effective May 1, 2013 Richard is Certified as a Specialist in the Practice of Workers Compensation Law by the PA Bar Association's Section on Workers Compensation as Authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Richard has been named to the PA Super Lawyer list 14 years in a row between 2006-2019.

Richard was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for 6 straight years 2015-2020  in the fields of Workers Compensation

Specialties: Concentrates his practice on PA Workers Compensation Claims and Social Security Disability claims in PA and NJ. Effective May 1, 2013 Richard is Certified as a Specialist in the Practice of Workers Compensation Law by the PA Bar Association's Section on Workers Compensation as Authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme
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One of Philadelphia’s best-known and well-respected Workers’ Compensation attorneys, Richard A. Jaffe has been representing injured workers and other disabled individuals for over 33 years. He concentrates his practice on Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane Law School, he is licensed to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He started the firm in 1994 and since then has aggressively fought for the rights of the injured worker in hundreds of cases in the Southeastern Pennsylvania area. He is an active member of the Workers’ Compensation Section of PaAJ, is a Sustaining Member of NOSSCR, and is on the Board of Directors of the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group for 2005-2019. Effective May 1, 2013 Richard is Certified as a Specialist in the Practice of Workers Compensation Law by the PA Bar Association's Section on Workers Compensation as Authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Richard has been named to the PA Super Lawyer list 14 years in a row between 2006-2019.

Richard was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for 6 straight years 2015-2020  in the fields of Workers Compensation

Specialties: Concentrates his practice on PA Workers Compensation Claims and Social Security Disability claims in PA and NJ. Effective May 1, 2013 Richard is Certified as a Specialist in the Practice of Workers Compensation Law by the PA Bar Association's Section on Workers Compensation as Authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme
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Education:

  • Tulane University , J.D., graduated 1985
  • University of Pennsylvania , BA, graduated 1981

Bar Admissions:

  • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association
 

Court Admissions:

  • E.D. PA

Affiliations:

  • American Association for Justice - Workers Compensation and Social Security Sections
  • American Bar Association - GP and Solo Division
  • Litigation Counsel Of America - Fellow
  • PA Association for Justice - Workers Compensation Section
  • PA Bar Association - Workers Compensation Section
  • Philadelphia Bar Association - Workers Compensation and Social Security Sections
  • WILG - Board of Directors

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
 

Awards:

  • Certified as a Specialist in the Practice of Workers Compensation Law by the PA Bar Association's Section on Workers Compensation as Authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
  • Avvo Rating 10/10 Superb
  • Peer Review Rated Martindale Hubbel
  • PA Super Lawyer List 2006-2017

Special Focus:

  • Social Security
 

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Practice limited to Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability
Concentrate my practice on PA Workers Compensation Claims and Social Security Disability claims in PA and NJ. Effective May 1, 2013 I am Certified as a Specialist in the Practice of Workers Compensation Law by the PA Bar Association's Section on Workers Compensation as Authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme
 

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Law Offices of Richard A. Jaffe, LLC
https://www.phillyworkinjury.c...
 
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Two Penn Center, Suite 1922
1500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 496.9607

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