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The attorneys at Rapoport Law Offices, P.C. represent individuals who have suffered serious personal injury and families of those that suffered a wrongful death. Our practice concentrates on matters involving aviation accidents, medical malpractice, product liability, trucking accidents, motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, and premises liability. The skilled and experienced trial team at Rapoport Law Offices, P.C. has been providing personalized and exemplary legal counsel to clients involved in complex litigation matters since 1995.

The lawyers at Rapoport Law Offices, P.C. have extensive experience representing families of passengers and crew members killed in both commercial aviation and general aviation disasters. Mr. Rapoport has served a leadership role in the successful prosecution of many air crash cases including American Airlines flight 1420, United Airlines flight 232, EgyptAir flight 990, Swissair flight 111, American Eagle flight 3379, USAir flight 1016 and Comair flight 5191.

Statement of Practice

Plaintiffs' Personal Injury Litigation, Wrongful Death Litigation, Commercial Aviation Litigation, General Aviation Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Trucking Accidents, Vehicular Accidents, Boating Accidents, Personal Watercraft Accidents, Construction Accidents, Premises Liability, Head and Spinal Injuries, Slip and Fall, Drug and Medical Devices.

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Free Initial Consultation

Address

20 North Clark Street, Suite 3500
Chicago, IL 60602, (Cook Co.)

Phone

Phone: 312-327-9880; 800-545-6437
Fax: 312-327-9881

Website

http://www.rapoportlaw.com

OF COUNSEL

Ira J. Furman (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., November 10, 1943; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1988, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. (Not admitted in Illinois). Education: Hunter College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1965); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1986). Recipient, Miller Cup, Moot Court Competition. Best-Written Legal Brief. Recipient, New Jersey Press Association Award, 1969. Deputy Director, Public Affairs, 1980-1988, National Transportation Safety Board (principal spokesman for the NTSB on scene for the investigation of major transportation accidents such as the Air Florida crash into the Potomac; the Delta Airlines windshear accident in Dallas; a fatal crash at Boston's Logan Airport; and the mid-air DC-9 collision over a Los Angeles suburb). Represented the NTSB in connection with its assistance to NASA during the investigation of the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. Has testified as an expert on the shortcomings in Federal Aviation Administration management of aviation safety before the U.S. Senate Aviation Subcommittee. Licensed Private Investigator, New York, 1989. Reporter and Editor: The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey; The Morning Call, Paterson, New Jersey. Director of Communications, Consumer Union, Nonprofit Publisher of Consumer Reports Magazine. Public Information Officer and Deputy Director, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. Director of Communications, Consumers Union/Consumer Reports Magazine. Worked on scene as a reporter from Lockerbie, Scotland, scene of the tragic Pan Am explosion, from the Long Island site of the crash of the Avianca aircraft that ran out of fuel on its way to JFK International, at the Sioux City, Iowa DC-10 crash site and at a US Air collision in Los Angeles at New York's LaGuardia Airport. Special consultant for CBS News in connection with the mid-air fuel tank explosion of TWA Flight 800. Assisted in the SwissAir, Egyptair and American Airlines Little Rock lawsuits. Member: Nassau County (Member, Aviation Law Committee) and New York State Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Aviation Litigation.Email: Ira J. Furman