Richard Jaffe | Philadelphia Workers Compensation Lawyer

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 35 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 2005-2016. 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 16 years in a row between 2006-2021. Richard was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for 7 straight years, 2015-2021 in the fields of Workers Compensation. The Law Offices of Richard A Jaffe, LLC has also been selected as one of the Best Law Firms in Philadelphia as seen in US News and World Reports from 2016-2021.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney / Owner	Law office of Richard A. Jaffe, LLC	Philadelphia PA	1994-Present
Associate	Margolis, Edelstein	N/A	1986-1994

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Tulane University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1985
University of Pennsylvania	Bachelor of Arts	N/A	1981

State / Court	Date
Federal Court : E.D. PA	1988
New Jersey	1986
Pennsylvania	1985

• -Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America From: 2008–present
  -Board Member of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy group From: 2005–present
  -Sustaining Member of the National Organization of Social Security -Claimants Representatives From:1994–present
  -Sustaining Member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice From: 1994–present
  -Member of the American Association for Justice From:1986–present
  -Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association From: 1985–present
  -Member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association        

• 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. Effective May 1, 2013
  Richard was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015 in the fields of Workers Compensation

• Sadler v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd. (Phila. Coca-Cola Co.)
  The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Affirmed the Decision of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Holding that the Defendant, Coca-Cola, was not entitled to a credit against our Client's Workers Compensation Benefits as he was held in a pre-conviction incarceration and therefore, the self executing language in Section 306 (a .1) of the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act was not triggered. The Workers Compensation Carrier is only entitled to suspend and injured worker's entitlement to Workers Compensation Benefits if incarcerated AFTER a conviction, and our Client was freed from incarceration after pleading Guilty and being sentenced with "time served." The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania also agreed with Richard A Jaffe's Argument that Section 306 (a .1) of the Act did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of either the Pennsylvania Constitution, nor the Constitution of the United States as there was a rational basis for the distinction between a pre-conviction incarceration and one who was incarcerated after conviction as there remains a presumption of innocence and therefore said section of the Act was not considered Unconstitutional.

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