Richard A Jaffe
Accident & Injury, Workers' Compensation, Workers Compensation
Aggressively Fighting for Injured Workers for 34 Years
Experience:
40 years
Richard Jaffe | Philadelphia Workers Compensation Lawyer
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About Richard
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.
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.
All cases are handled on a Contingent Fee Basis. You dont owe us anything unless we win your case for you!
Experience
Attorney / Owner
Law office of Richard A. Jaffe, LLC
1994-Present
Philadelphia PA
Associate
Margolis, Edelstein
1986-1994
N/A
Admission
Federal Court : E.D. PA
1988
New Jersey
1986
Pennsylvania
1985
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts (N/A)
1981
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America From: –2008 / present
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Board Member of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy group From: –2005 / present
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Sustaining Member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Reatives From:–present / 1994 / present
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Sustaining Member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice From: –1994 / present
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Member of the American Association for Justice From:–1986 / present
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Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association From: –1985 / present
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-Member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
Honors / Awards
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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 12013
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Richard was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the fields of Workers Compensation2015
Notable Work
Cases
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.
Additional Info
Founded 1994
Law Offices of Richard A Jaffe, LLC Highlights
Workers' Compensation, Social Security
Firm Size:
1
Firm Locations:
1
Languages:
English